Joshua Foer Quotes

Someday in the distant cyborg future, when our internal and external memories fully merge, we may come to possess infinite knowledge. But that's not the same thing as wisdom.

Joshua Foer

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FutureWisdomKnowledgeMemoriesMay

Scott Boras, I've known for a long time. We were both in the Cardinals organization. I'm a lot older than Scott. He's a very tough man, very tough agent.

Joe Torre

TimeManOrganizationToughLongHe

I'm an anorak. I've always been an obsessive collector of things. Richard Briers collects stamps. I collect cars and guns, which are much more expensive, and much more difficult to store.

Michael Gambon

CarMoreDifficultAlwaysExpensive

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

John Wooden

LearningGreatGamePlayWithout

I know Charlie Kaufman really well, for instance. Charlie Kaufman starts a story, and he has no freaking idea where he's going. None. Zero. And he doesn't want to know, because there's a little bit of death in that.

Stephen Gaghan

DeathStoryKnowWantLittleGoing

If I would be in this business for business, I wouldn't be in this business.

Sol Hurok

BusinessWould

I think poems belong as much in the news pages as the literary pages. A lot of people throw aside the literary pages! Whereas everybody looks at the news section.

Tony Harrison

PeopleThinkLooksNewsBelongMuch

I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns.

Tom Hicks

SportsReadingInsightTwoOwnFan

When I am skating, economics is far away. I always return refreshed and ready to carry on.

Robert F. Engle

I AmEconomicsReadyFar AwayAlways

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Louisa May Alcott

GoodPowerGreatTalentGeniusYou

Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.

Joshua Waitzkin

LifeBalanceMePhilosophyIntention

Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to.

Diane Lane

WorthSelf-RespectCommodity

Amazon is famously run by studying and responding to its own data; yet when it comes to promotions, decisions are often subjective and guided by human emotions and petty political dynamics.

Brad Stone

DecisionsPoliticalDataEmotions

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