Steven Pinker Quotes

Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage to the choice, but because there is an advantage to everyone making the same choice.

Steven Pinker

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CommunityDoingChoiceWayWithin

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

Joe Biden

OpportunityMoneyPeopleWorldMore

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

ThoughtsWorldActionThinkingEasy

There is no way for the American economic system to function without advertising. There is no other way to communicate enough information about enough products to enough people with enough speed.

John O'Toole

PeopleAdvertisingAmericanEnough

The libertarian position I once propended now seems to me seriously inadequate, in part because it did not fully knit the humane considerations and joint cooperative activities it left room for more closely into its fabric.

Robert Nozick

MeNowSeriouslyMorePositionRoom

Dance music is my love, is my passion, is my life. I live for my fans and take my art very seriously.

Steve Aoki

LifeLoveLiveMusicPassionArt

I was a little late in the game for Twitter and Facebook and everything because I thought, 'Oh, I don't know. I just don't have time.'

Stacy Keibler

TimeGameThoughtLateKnowLittle

Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history.

Stan Van Gundy

ChangeHistoryDemocracyPeaceful

On 'Vikings,' nobody's got an ego. Michael Hirst is just so open and so collaborative.

Travis Fimmel

EgoNobodyOpenGotJustMichael

Meetings, clearly, can take place anywhere, and wouldn't it be nice to see your coworkers lounging on the grass with their shoes off?

Tom Hodgkinson

ShoesMeetingsPlaceBe NiceNice

I call him 'Daddy Coach.' He's taught me everything that he's known so I'm able to do what I'm able to do.

Michelle Carter

MeHimCoachEverythingCallDaddy

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.

Dennis Miller

ParentingJobImportantNationNext

When I was a manager, I was incredibly results-driven - on a mission at all times.

Denise Morrison

MissionManagerTimesIncredibly

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