Jared Diamond Quotes

No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.

Jared Diamond

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1937

Topics

GoodBusinessGovernmentSocietyBig

My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an actor is such an American thing. The Iranian culture is not about dreaming. It's about taking over your father's business, falling into line.

Maz Jobrani

FatherBusinessCultureParentsLine

While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points.

John Moody

RailroadMoreTwoLineCompeteMay

Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn't work for very long. It's an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we're building for Canada as a strong place to invest.

Stephen Harper

WorkGovernmentBuildingThinkLook

I'm such an admirer, I am an admirer of villains, especially working with so many great ones.

Tom Felton

GreatI AmWorkingVillainsManyAm

We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.

Mary Kay Ash

LifeLivePurposeMy LifeDieGoal

I relax, meditate and do 80 minutes of yoga every day.

Janice Dickinson

DayRelaxEvery DayMinutesYoga

I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors to come in the 21st century.

Anne Stevenson

LiveI AmSeventyNowSeeCome

As Bromberger observed, rules are understood to be elements of the computational systems that determine the sound and meaning of the infinite array of expressions of a language; the information so derived is accessed by other systems in language use.

Noam Chomsky

LanguageMeaningInformationRules

As a writer, I find that a good way of evolving a character is through an examination of his or her defining relationships - and what's more defining than a relationship with someone you love?

Marjorie Liu

LoveGoodCharacterRelationshipYou

My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, 'The Intoxication of Life,' 'The Purpose of Life,' 'The Real Cause of Man's Distress,' 'The Journey to the Goal in Life,' and, one of my favorites, 'The Heart of Man.' They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me.

Muhammad Ali

LifeJourneyHeartManPurposeMe

Imagination comes of not having things.

LeRoy Neiman

ImaginationThingsHaving

One of the great advantages that I had in my career is I started trading 24 hours a day in my early 20s, and I had to learn to delegate to people.

Kenneth C. Griffin

GreatDayPeopleLearnEarlyCareer

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