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Robert Zubrin Quotes

When people have their own money at stake, it's a lot easier to find and settle on practical, no-nonsense solutions to engineering problems than is ever the case in the complex and endless deliberations of a government bureaucracy.

Robert Zubrin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1952

Topics

Money Government People Problems Own

Airbnb has proven that hospitality, generosity, and the simple act of trust between strangers can go a long way.

Joe Gebbia

Trust Simple Generosity Hospitality

No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.

Mel Brooks

Write Almost Songs Themselves

I remember working with Ray Charles when I was quite young, and I would wonder, 'Why would he sing 'Georgia On My Mind' and 'I Can't Stop Loving You' every night?' I said, 'Oh my God if I have to sing these songs, if I have to sing 'I Can't Stop Loving You' one more night, I'm going to fall out.' Of course, I was young and I didn't understand.

Merry Clayton

God Mind Night Remember You Fall

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

Stephen Fry

Library Hard Original Must Idea Too

We have to hire, retain, and develop the best staff.

Steve Easterbrook

Best Hire Develop Retain Staff

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.

Tom Stoppard

Writing Long Will Write Half Get

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

Mary Pickford

I Am Laughter People Theatre Laugh

If you look at my career and you look at the span of my work and the things I have done, as far as to garner fame, you'll see that I have turned down more interviews than I do. Or I turn down more things than I do.

Jay-Z

Work You Look Career Down Done

God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al Pacino's life.

Jason Isaacs

Life God Hate Know Want Interviews

When I was first elected to the Colorado State Board of Education in 2000, we had to carry a big binder filled with hundreds of pages to every meeting. By 2004, the State Board had gone paperless. We even persuaded the less-tech-savvy members to use laptops to pull up their information during meetings.

Jared Polis

Education Meetings Information First

Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with the result that the Law of Diminishing Returns has begun to apply.

Brian Ferneyhough

Law Result Further Than Apply Taken

God knows the times I have found myself in absurd situations.

Brandon Lee

God Myself Absurd Found Knows Times