Gerry Harvey Quotes

Society might have been better off without them, but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged, and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society.

Gerry Harvey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

SocietyBetterHelpLookWithout

We founded Palantir in 2003-2004 because we perceived a giant gap between how the defense and intelligence community was harnessing technology to achieve its goals and what we had seen was possible in Silicon Valley over the last decade.

Joe Lonsdale

GoalsTechnologyCommunityAchieve

I had this moment in church, which I think really turned me off. I was 7 or 8 years old and I was sitting at church, and we happened to be playing with the sunlight that was coming down from the stained glass window, and the monsignor came down to the pew and grabbed us by our neck collars and said, 'I'll deal with you.'

Jeff Fisher

MomentMeWindowThinkChurchYou

Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.

Martin Rees

ScienceCultureMediaMoreSigns

It's really fun to think about what it would be like to see Walter Davidson step onto a modern-day motorcycle. He'd probably go insane! But motorcycles were such a part of him.

Michiel Huisman

FunStepMotorcycleThinkGoSee

I want to do everything. That's my problem.

Joshua Bell

ProblemWantEverything

I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.

Douglas Preston

SmallBetterSomeoneBackNeedRoom

The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.

Cleveland Amory

DoingYouStopNewConscienceJust

Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.

Brendan I. Koerner

SuccessHappyEndingAmericanYou

Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God with a thousandth part of the love which God has manifested to us?

Augustus Hare

LoveGodChildrenMenParentsLoved

I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness.

Anne Heche

LifeMouthPersonBigWholeWho

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

Audrey Hepburn

FoodCakePeopleMeFaceChocolate

For me, I just set little goals for myself and stay on that kind of track and surround myself with positive people along with my teammates. I just kind of have my goals and my dreams, and this is something that we've all been working for our entire lives, so it is kind of easy to wake up and want to better myself every day towards that goal.

Ali Krieger

PositiveGoalsDreamsMyselfDayMe

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Gerry Harvey