Remote Quotes

429 quotes by 379 authors

Prayer is not a way to get what we want to happen, like the remote control that comes with the television set. I think that… — Rachel Naomi Remen
I would be content with any job, however thankless, in any quarter, however remote, if I had the chance of making a corner of the… — John Buchan
A new survey reveals that women would rather give up sex than give up the remote control for the TV. Men, on the other hand,… — Conan O'Brien
Remote control. Ingenious contradiction of terms. Fits like a handshake. Aims like a gun. — Roger Rosenblatt
There are portions of Malibu that are very remote; it's like living in the country somewhere. — James Brolin
Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to… — Randa Abdel-Fattah
I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way… — Hannes Alfven
Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers… — George Crumb
The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from… — Jared Diamond
The combination of threads, remote-procedure-call interfaces, and heavyweight object-oriented design is especially dangerous... if you are ever invited onto a project that is supposed to… — Eric S. Raymond
I represent nine sovereign Sioux tribes. In South Dakota, some of the tribes are in the most remote, rural areas of the country. They lack… — Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
What interests me in writing a novel is taking really remote voices, characters, and stories and beginning to create some kind of web. — Nicole Krauss
It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that… — David E. Kelley
The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage… — Peter Bergen
I was researching a different World War II story when I came across an article in the 'Chicago Tribune' from June 1945 that knocked me… — Mitchell Zuckoff
A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote… — Susanne Katherina Langer
Big money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed overlords of politics and government. The White House, the Congress and, increasingly, the… — Bill Moyers
I've been to Japan but I've never been to China, I'd love to go to China. I don't know, I like to go to places… — Ben Stiller
People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. — Thomas B. Macaulay
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what… — Mencius

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379 authors contributed a total of 429 Remote Quotes, led by these top contributors: