Gregory Bateson Quotes

Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.

Gregory Bateson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 9, 1904 - July 4, 1980

Topics

LogicPoorModelEffectCause

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

John Ensign

CommunityBuildingBelieveVoting

The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. It's a nice problem to have.

Andrew Stanton

ThinkProblemYouNiceEveryone

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.

Andre Gide

YourselfYouSaidDoneSayWrite

It's always better when travelling to be in a place where your friends know the area well.

Matthew Williamson

BetterFriendsPlaceKnowAlways

I write in a journal occasionally. But it is not a daily discipline for me.

Sue Monk Kidd

DailyDisciplineMeJournalWrite

Capra always wanted a screenwriter with him, even on the soundstage. The writer had to be there at his side.

Sidney Buchman

HimAlwaysSideWriterEvenWanted

There aren't a lot of guys out there keeping it real. Everybody's been branded. Everybody's been bought and sold.

Tracy Morgan

RealOutBeenEverybodyGuysSold

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.

Mitt Romney

GreatResponsibilityTrustHumility

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.

Douglas Coupland

DreamsAgePastLookEscapeOutside

We know that people are less open in conversations if the other conversant puts a cell phone on the table. Even if it's turned off. The sign is enough to close the mind and make a prospective client or lover less likely to do what you ask. As people realize this, they'll start putting away phones or turning them off.

Douglas Rushkoff

PeopleMindCell PhoneStartEnough

I haven't touched a piece of meat since I read a graphic description of Chicago's slaughterhouses when I was 12.

Christie Brinkley

ChicagoMeatReadPieceTouched

I am a father, and sometimes I want to stay close to home. By varying the workplace, it gives me space to breathe. I enjoy theatre because it reminds me I'm mortal, and it's terrifying when it goes wrong but the most thrilling experience when it flies.

Colin Salmon

FatherHomeExperienceI AmSpace

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