Remote Quotes

429 quotes by 379 authors

The man in the street has unfortunately been sold the idea that the breakthrough cure for cancer is just around the corner... The very prospect… — John Cairns
In other words, the unique value of the "authentic" work of art has its basis in ritual, the location of its original use value. This… — Walter Benjamin
A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent necessity if our… — Albert Einstein
Any time a customer comes into contact with any aspect of a business, however remote, is an opportunity to form an impression. — Jan Carlzon
The Senate has passed a new bill that requires TV stations to lower the volume level on commercials. This is great, a hundred of the… — Jimmy Fallon
The law can seem remote, arcane, the stuff of specialists. But it isn't, because for those of us who live in democracies, the law begins… — Shereen El Feki
I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum
However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided to begin their… — Steven Chu
People are beginning to understand there is nothing in the world so remote that it can't impact you as a person. It's not just diseases.… — William Foege
Every man needs to find a peak, a mountain top or a remote island of his own choosing that he reaches under his own power… — Alain Gerbault
Hinduism comes closest to being a nature religion. Rivers, rocks, trees, plants, animals, and birds all play their part, both in mythology and everyday worship.… — Ruskin Bond
Sometimes, if you want to be happy, you've got to run away to Bath and marry a punk rocker. Sometimes you've got to dye your… — Julie Powell
Our relationship with places is a close bond, intricate in nature, and not abstract, not remote at all: It's enveloping, almost a continuum with all… — Tony Hiss
Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur… — Ansel Adams
Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and The Force… — Dave Barry
Europeans have sometimes been beguiled by a despotism that comes concealed in the seductive form of an ideal â€“ as it did in the cases… — Kenneth Minogue
No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an… — Richard Perle
Many people have found prayer impossible because they thought they should only pray for wonderful but remote needs they actually had little or no interest… — Dallas Willard
I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote… — Tristan Jones
Centuries hence, when current social and political problems may seem as remote as the problems of the Thirty Years' War are to us, our age… — Carl Sagan

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