Steven Pinker Quotes

However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution.

Steven Pinker

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RevolutionBetterValuesProfitOff

I think life's a bit of what you make it and a little smidgen of you being the jellyfish, and the tide's just gently helping you along.

Andrew Buchan

LifeThinkYouTideLittleAlong

I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

John Irving

GoodCharacterTimeBelieveBetter

I don't know that I've ever been someone who's interested in existing on tour. I have a lot of interests and a lot of other things that excite me.

Andy Roddick

MeSomeoneKnowThingsBeenTour

I'm an optimistic guy.

Michael Douglas

GuyOptimistic

I believe L. Ron Hubbard resolved the human mind, and in resolving it he has also resolved human pain - that's what I really think has happened here.

John Travolta

PainMindBelieveThinkI Believe

I'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance.

Tony DiTerlizzi

LoveBetterUnderstandingYouSeeing

Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.

Tony Gilroy

FearAnimalsChangesEverythingAct

I've always been into looking different.

Rita Ora

LookingAlwaysDifferentBeen

If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there would be no reason whatsoever to increase the debt ceiling.

Ron Johnson

DebtMoreReasonCeilingNo Reason

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

Joyce Meyer

LifeFailureTryingYouNobodyQuit

I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.

Jon Bon Jovi

MeSongThoughtDJLongGoodness

In life, there is good, evil, love, and hatred. What we desire, choose, and need to pursue is in our hands.

Dhanush

LifeLoveGoodEvilHandsChoose

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