Gregory Bateson Quotes

There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong.

Gregory Bateson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BelieveEnergyStrongWrongExplain

Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of.

Jim McKay

TimeCollegeMeGoldThinkI Can

My advice to American filmmakers is to marry a European. I'm not kidding. Otherwise they don't qualify for international co-production treaties.

Jeremy Thomas

AdviceAmericanMarryTreaties

All business is basically about customers and marketing and making money and capitalism and winning and promoting it and having something someone really wants.

Roger Ailes

BusinessMoneyWinningCapitalism

I always believed no matter where you are, as long as you're doing what you love doing, you're going to be happy.

Roberto Alomar

LoveHappyBe HappyDoingLongYou

If we're really writing, we are exploring the unnamed emotional facets of the human heart. Not all emotions, not all states of mind have been named. Nor are all the names we have been given always accurate.

Ron Carlson

CoffeeAppreciationMeI Have Learned

If you're in the White House, it's your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.

Chevy Chase

FriendYouHouseWhiteWantYour

We've all been disappointed by new installments of the stories we love. But with all this talk of filmmakers 'ruining our childhood,' we forget that right now is someone else's childhood. This is their time. And I have to build something that can take them to the same place those earlier films took us.

Colin Trevorrow

LoveTimeChildhoodSomeonePlace

Sometimes I'll write a tweet that I'll just be like, 'Why do I have to say this to all of these people?' It's like writing a Facebook status: it's the same. I view tweeting as like writing a Facebook status. Remember when we used to write statuses?

Ansel Elgort

PeopleWritingViewRememberSay

While complex acting roles are lacking for actresses, what's even more rare are female directors.

Phoebe Robinson

ActingMoreRareComplexEvenRoles

Tim and Fritz Lang I loved working with. Not Hitchcock so much. There was no communication.

Sylvia Sidney

CommunicationLovedWorkingMuchTim

You should think about the world and feel about your heart.

Penn Jillette

HeartWorldThinkFeelYouYour

What could be more Canadian than working hard to figure out something new and sharing it with the world? The world wants to hear from us!

Tobias Lutke

WorldNewSharingWorking HardHard

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