Tonnies Quotes & Sayings

Sure to become mandatory reading for anyone with an interest in big business and popular culture . . . Isaacson is to be commended for explaining the genius of Jobs in fascinating fashion, launching a discussion that could reach infinity and beyond. — Walter Isaacson

And because my employers agree with me, and they're the government, you're outvoted. — Charles Stross

Never touch a mummified body part if you don't know where it's been. That's my motto." [- Lockwood]

"Holds true with unmummified ones too," George said. "That's the motto I live by. — Jonathan Stroud

My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone. — Mary Wollstonecraft

I don't understand how you can be a decent writer and not know people. — Sloane Crosley

God cannot hear the prayers on our lips often because the desires of our heart after the world cry out to Him much more strongly and loudly than the our desires for Him. — Andrew Murray

Your condition is NOT your conclusion. — Dale C. Bronner

I think the risks that people see of terrorism are incredibly important but we are very confident we have got the right people on it and the risks have been minimised. — Boris Johnson

The question is not whether you would like to be president or not. The question is: Do you think you can win and do you want to run? And none of those are clear to me. — John McCain

In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world - an expansion of the Medical Empire. But in reality, it seems that these reductionist bio-medical stories can appeal to us all, because complex problems often have depressingly-complex causes, and the solutions can be taxing, and unsatisfactory. — Ben Goldacre

BLOCK: When you're cruising around on the Internet, there's something you do all the time and maybe never really think about. Let's say I wanted to get tickets to a baseball tonight. So, I'm at the Web site for the Washington Nationals. I'm asking for two tickets, the best available seats. And here's what I have to — Anonymous

A stunning survey of the latest evidence for intelligent life on Mars. Mac Tonnies brings a thoughtful, balanced and highly accessible approach to one of the most fascinating enigmas of our time. — Herbie Brennan

I keep getting these people at my shows who only know me from television. I can always tell when they're, like, emotionally flinching when I start doing my jokes. — Dave Attell

But to change an old habit, you must address an old craving. You have to keep the same cues and rewards as before, and feed the craving by inserting a new routine. — Charles Duhigg