Herman Kahn Quotes

Many people believe that the current system must inevitably end in total annihilation. They reject, sometimes very emotionally, any attempts to analyze this notion.

Herman Kahn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 15, 1922 - July 7, 1983

Topics

PeopleBelieveEndSometimesSystem

We get older and more sophisticated and a bit cleverer, but certainly boys - and men - are as childish and basic as we ever were.

Jim Broadbent

MenMoreChildishGetOlderBasic

In the trunk of her car, my mother used to keep a collapsible easel, a clutch of brushes, a little wooden case stocked with tubes of paint, and, tucked into the spare-tire well, one of my father's old, tobacco-stained shirts, for a smock.

Jill Lepore

FatherMotherCarOldPaintLittle

My well-discussed 'paranoia' urges me to believe that some tiny segment of the NSA's parsing algorithm is finely tuned to my voice.

John McAfee

MeBelieveVoiceParanoiaAlgorithm

Nothing beats looking out to a sweaty, packed house full of fans.

St. Lucia

LookingHouseNothingOutFansFull

When I was with WWE, people would have me sign merchandise that I didn't even know existed.

Rob Van Dam

PeopleMeKnowWWEWouldSign

I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.

Robert B. Laughlin

BoyReclusiveIntrovertedExtremely

With every gig we have to prove ourselves better than the night before.

Ronnie Wood

NightBetterProveThanOurselves

Not one day of my mother's adult life passed without some critical demand on her maternal role, without some urgent response from her.

Rosemary Mahoney

LifeMotherDayOne DayWithoutHer

I'm a true woman, not a Bond girl. That's why I say all the time, 'James Bond lady,' 'James Bond woman.'

Monica Bellucci

GirlTimeWomanBondLadyTrue

There's two kinds of press that you get when you put out a TV show: The reviews, and the people that just decide what the reviews say.

Louis C. K.

PeopleYouSayTwoOutDecide

As a teenager, Monica Seles won some historic matches on the tennis court, dominating opponents and filling a room with trophies.

Don Yaeger

TennisRoomTrophiesCourtSomeWon

I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that.

Donovan Bailey

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