Stephen J. Dubner Quotes

Religion is a way to make order from chaos, and I think economics is not dissimilar. In religion and in economics, you're trying to figure out the way we perceive the world and move through it, and that's what I like to learn.

Stephen J. Dubner

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ReligionChaosEconomicsWorldThink

You take out an injunction against somebody or some organisation and immediately news of that injunction and the people involved and the story behind the injunction is in a legal-free world on Twitter and the Internet. It's pointless.

Jeremy Clarkson

PeopleWorldStoryInternetYouOut

I've been burn when it comes to my hair that it ain't no joke.

Jenifer Lewis

HairBurnJokeBeen

Music videos are notoriously long, not fun, grueling. You are known there as a dancer and it's kind of sad because dancers, in a lot of ways, are under-appreciated and kind of under-respected when it come to that so they don't necessarily treat you in a nice way when you do a music video.

Jenna Dewan

MusicSadFunTreatLongYou

Part of the process is always, 'Is there a better way?' We try to think through if there's something we can do better creatively or technically, or just is more efficient.

John Knoll

ThinkProcessBetterWayTryMore

When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.

Robert Herjavec

BusinessMoneyHappyParentsMe

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

Angelina Jolie

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Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.

Soren Kierkegaard

BeginningEvilWorldBoredomBack

My breakfast is usually some oatmeal and berries and some agave, or a protein shake.

Ron Funches

BreakfastProteinBerriesOatmeal

My works were not - and they still aren't - single panel gags with a punch line underneath them. I like a lot of those cartoons; I just don't draw them.

Roz Chast

SingleLinePunchJustCartoons

We must stand on principle and practicality, and we should be very clear that a policy aimed at driving out 10 or 11 million people is not a good one.

Luis Gutierrez

GoodPeopleStandDrivingOutClear

While cyber espionage is having a tremendous negative affect on the global economy from the theft-caused drain of intellectual property and the resulting adverse incentives for continued investments in innovative growth, the threat from destructive and disruptive attacks is amplifying the risks even further.

Dmitri Alperovitch

GrowthRisksNegativeIntellectual

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Douglas Adams

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