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Steven Pinker Quotes

I try to jog in every city I visit, and I particularly enjoy harbour-front paths that let me ogle big ships, railroad bridges and the ruins of factories and warehouses.

Steven Pinker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: September 18, 1954

Topics

City Me Bridges Enjoy Paths Try

When do you know it's time to say, 'OK, that's it?' That is the most difficult part of any decision like that because you don't want to throw the 'R' word out there. I've mentioned it a couple times, but not in the sense that I'm doing it. That word is very fragile. We'll see.

Jim Thome

Time Decision Doing You Know Want

When, as an undergraduate, I began experiments on these slime molds in 1940, only one other person, Kenneth Raper, was working on them at that time. In fact, he discovered the model species Dictyostelium discoideum, which is the species used in the majority of the experimental work today.

John Tyler Bonner

Work Today Time Person Experiments

I'd rather duplicate it myself. Another of our favourite techniques.

Stewart Copeland

Myself Duplicate Rather Our Another

Marvel has put out good product. DC has put out good product. Even Image has put out good product, as far as I'm concerned... although it's few and far between. But it's not getting recognized, no matter who's doing it.

Rob Walton

Good Doing Product Matter Image Out

Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you're doing.

Ron Cephas Jones

Character Truth Doing You Acting

My sister's fish tacos are out of control. I'd give her a restaurant if I were a gazillionaire.

Mary-Louise Parker

Sister Control Restaurant Fish Out

I think HTML5 is one area where Mozilla has done very poorly at actually communicating what we have done.

Mitchell Baker

Think Done Where I Think Actually

Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.

Claud Cockburn

Underestimate Never Cash Straight

I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg.

Corey Reynolds

Me Night Someone Manager Meet Stage

A big reason why I started writing is I felt that fiction had stopped evolving. All other entertainments were getting better, constantly, as technology allowed. Movies. Video games. Music.

Chuck Palahniuk

Music Technology Video Games Writing

Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns.

Brooke Shields

Depression Smart Patterns Your Uses

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

Anne Stevenson

Poetry Criticism Ignore Get Most