Steven Johnson Quotes

We are strangely biased, as individuals and media institutions, to focus on big sudden changes, whether good or bad - amazing breakthroughs, such as a new gadget that gets released, or catastrophic failures, like a plane crash.

Steven Johnson

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GoodFocusAmazingMediaBadNew

No one would look at an infant baby asleep, and say 'What a lazy baby!' We know sleeping is non-negotiable for a baby. But that notion is quickly abandoned.

Matthew Walker

BabyLookKnowLazySaySleeping

It's just like - you know, you read the New Testament and you read about all the things, and you think, 'Oh, that's not going on in our community.' Oh yes it is.

Jeffrey C. Mateer

CommunityThinkYouNewKnowGoing

It would be much easier to just make black, brown and beige clothes. But I do not see the world in black and white and beige. I find colors incredibly important.

Jean Pigozzi

Black And WhiteColorsWorldBlack

Recognizing and replacing the unhealthy thoughts, behaviors, and feelings that may be sabotaging your best efforts is the key to building mental strength.

Amy Morin

StrengthBestThoughtsBuildingKey

In 20th-century poetry, Robert Graves is to love what Philip Larkin is to mortality.

Miranda Seymour

LovePoetryTo LoveMortalityGraves

I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire.

Deion Sanders

DogPassionFireLanguageBackGot

People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to describe because often they seem to come at the same time. I'm seeing images while I'm thinking of the story.

Chris Van Allsburg

TimePeopleMeStoryThinkingFirst

For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.

Constance Zimmer

RememberLongActingI CanCrush

Of all the places I've been, India is the one that's on the top of my list to return to.

Brandon Stanton

IndiaPlacesTopReturnBeenList

It was a lovely feeling, dying. I can remember being in the hospital, all wired up to tubes and thinking, 'If only you'd take these tubes out, it feels so nice.' It felt so - it felt like being in a bath of velvet. It was such a nice feeling. Everything felt so soft and floppy, and I wanted to go.

Pete Burns

ThinkingRememberYouI CanBathGo

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

Thorstein Veblen

BusinessCommunityRestRiskSound

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Thomas Moore

FreedomWavesFlagOverHerSlaves

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