Michael Polanyi Quotes

My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated.

Michael Polanyi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: hungarian
  • Birth: March 11, 1891 - February 22, 1976

Topics

CommunityBodyPrinciplesWayThose

Puma was all about function and not at all about design. The founder of the company always believed functionality and performance were the only ingredients that could make Puma successful and design never mattered.

Jochen Zeitz

PerformanceDesignNeverCompany

The decision to write full-time meant I couldn't afford to buy a house. A friend kindly offered me the use of his apartment in a thirty-six-story building full of newlywed couples in the southern area of Jakarta. I didn't like my working space at first, but the scenery and everything going on outside have worked their magic on me.

Andrea Hirata

FriendDecisionSpaceMeBuilding

As my manager says, 'These are wonderful problems.'

Jeffrey Tambor

ProblemsManagerWonderfulSays

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

Shimon Peres

DayFinancePeopleNightDecisions

Not to get political, but it seems like every day I read the paper, and you're reading about nuclear war and Russians taking over the country and Nazis again. It's like every once in a while, the world blinks for a second, and it goes, 'Darkseid is!' The world has changed, and it's changed in a 'Darkseid is' way.

Tom King

DayWarWorldReadingPoliticalYou

It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don't talk about the arts there much on career day.

Ron White

DayMeTexasCareerStreetTalk

One of the over-riding things for many who grow up in poverty is the simple desire to escape. I think it was sort of obvious to me that escape had to be through education.

Mildred Dresselhaus

EducationSimpleMeThinkGrowUp

In America, people know there are always 10 people better than them who are after their job. In France, they know that too - but no one is going to get their job till they go to their grave.

Janine di Giovanni

JobPeopleBetterAmericaGoKnow

New content online no longer requires new stories or information, just new ways of linking things to other things. Or as the social networks might put it to you, 'Jane is now friends with Tom.' The connection has been made; the picture is getting more complete.

Douglas Rushkoff

PictureFriendsYouInformationNew

For Google, the problem with being a free, abundant, and rather infinite set of services is that it's hard to create much of a stir about anything. There are so many major software service options under the 'more' menu on the Gmail page that they've had to go and add a final item called 'even more.'

Douglas Rushkoff

ServiceFreeProblemCreateGoPage

Doing love scenes is always awkward. I mean, it's just not a normal thing to go to work and lay in bed with your co-worker.

Denise Richards

WorkLoveDoingBedGoMean

The confidence level that Steph is playing with now, obviously, you won't totally stop him. If I'm playing against him right now, I think I'd try to pick him up full court, get the ball out of his hands, try to be a little physical.

Chauncey Billups

ConfidenceThinkHandsYouStopTry

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