Herman Kahn Quotes

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.

Herman Kahn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I don't see myself as a Larry King or somebody. When you do interviews, sometimes it turns to interrogations. I'm more of a conversationalist, not throwing hardball questions.

Joe Morgan

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For many years, it seemed as if nothing changed in Norway. You could leave the country for three months, travel the world, through coups d'etat, assassinations, famines, massacres and tsunamis, and come home to find that the only new thing in the newspapers was the crossword puzzle.

Jo Nesbo

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I've called myself an accidental activist because I came to it not on purpose.

Jenny Slate

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I think 'The Sunset Tree' is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.

John Darnielle

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I am a blogger - that is an amazing thing for me, because it captures a moment in time every day.

Mena Grabowski Trott

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My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.

Ang Lee

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Working is living to me.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a wonderful meal - full of the things you love most.

Judi Dench

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McGregor was never a champion of anything. He defeated the champion and left.

Jose Aldo

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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.

Jonathan Edwards

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We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.

Deepak Chopra

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Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

Donald Rumsfeld

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