33908 Quotes & Sayings

As we become familiar with something, we think about it more in terms of the use we put it to and less in terms of what it looks like and what it is made of. — Steven Pinker

Well we have a good working relationship with Microsoft at the development level. But let's not kid ourselves, this is a company with enormous resources and talented people, and there is a certain pride that comes along with that for them and for us. — John W. Thompson

Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed. — Simon Bolivar

Lthough the basic principles of economics are not very complicated, the very ease with which they can be learned also makes them easy to dismissed as "simplistic" by those who do not want to accept analyses which contradict their cherished beliefs. Evasions of the obvious are often far more complicated than the facts. Nor is it automatically true that complex effects must have complex causes. The ramifications of something very simple can become enormously complex. — Thomas Sowell

Where has Arnold been?' I said. '... the Westwoods get in the papers.'
'Patting the orphans.'
'Getting homes for the homeless.'
'Legs for the legless.' She was laughing as she said it.
'Blind dogs,' I said. 'Dogs for the blind, that is.'
'Patting blind dogs.' We both laughed and drank. 'Getting legs for them.'
'Homes for legless, blind orphan dogs.' Maybe we were both a little drunk, on bourbon or on the past. — James Ferron Anderson

The Loden in Vancouver, where I stayed when I was filming 'The Arrow,' is a family-run hotel with a fantastic restaurant, great facilities, and brilliant people. — Colin Salmon

I'm gonna fight, and I'm gonna make something out of nothing. That's pretty much the American dream. So, for me, the realization that I could speak to people like that came first on a small scale. Then it just started happening. I started having this vibration. — Jay-Z

Here's what we'll do. We're going to keep you at the end of our fishing line. And if you ever need anything, you just give a little tug and we'll reel you back in. — Jeffrey Zaslow