Joshua Foer Quotes

Once upon a time, this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today.

Joshua Foer

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TodayTimeMemoryAlienSeemUs

An animal takes freely anything that it wishes: it commits no sin and is not held responsible for its action because it knows no better. But as soon as the idea of 'mine' and 'thine' has been imprinted upon our consciousness, then also the responsibility comes.

Max Heindel

ResponsibilityAnimalActionBetter

You can make great money in a utility type of business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly but that's not what's being done.

Meredith Whitney

BusinessGreatMoneyYouDoneBeing

When I was operating as one of President Reagan's economic advisers, an early assignment was to analyze the federal government's landholdings and make recommendations about what to do with them. This was a big job. These lands are vast, covering an area six times that of France.

Steve Hanke

JobGovernmentEarlyPresidentBig

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

ChangeJoyFeetYouJumpGround

Bosses should sanction the nap rather than expect workers to power on all day without repose. They might even find that workers' happiness - or what management types refer to as 'employee satisfaction results' - might improve.

Tom Hodgkinson

HappinessPowerDayManagementFind

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

Robin S. Sharma

GoalsBusinessBestPeopleDirection

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.

Rowan Williams

TodayMoreWellThanEverMicrocosm

I'm kind of a laugh junkie. It's what I appreciate in life, because life is rich and sometimes it's hard, and I really, really love to laugh and gravitate towards people who make me laugh.

Mary Steenburgen

LifeLovePeopleMeRichAppreciate

'Dancing in the Dark' is one track. Basically, the song is about connecting with someone mentally, and you're moved so much by the intellect that both of you want to make it physical.

Luke James

SongSomeoneYouDarkWantDancing

I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.

Desi Arnaz

LearnedLot

A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.

Clyde Tombaugh

LifeWorkSciencePersonHealthy

Natural gas emits only half the carbon dioxide of coal when burned, but if methane leaks when oil companies extract it from the ground in a sloppy manner - methane is far more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide - it can wipe out all the advantages of natural gas over coal.

Thomas Friedman

OilMoreOverOutGroundNatural

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