George Packer Quotes

Often, foreign policy - which, by definition, is largely out of American control - is simply a matter of not doing the wrong thing, the unwise thing.

George Packer

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ControlAmericanDoingWrongMatter

The focus around Circle China is really cross-border payments. If I'm a parent in China and my son is studying at London Business School, I might want to send 500 RMB. I should be able to do that and have my child instantly receive it as pounds sterling, in the same way people do that with instant messages today.

Jeremy Allaire

BusinessSonTodayFocusSchool

In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.

Maurice de Vlaminck

ArtDoctorSickBelieveUsefulMust

I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant.

Anita Hill

InformationPersonalCommitteeMay

I love vinyl, man.

Amos Lee

LoveManVinylI Love

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

Steve Allen

GovernmentMafiaBankOutImprove

The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.

Tom Coburn

FoodGovernmentStupidityCommittee

Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.

Robert Anton Wilson

GodWomanSoulManCreateNew

Worry is a big part of my life. I definitely worry a lot.

Lou Barlow

LifeMy LifeWorryBigPartLot

Digital books and music are often different from their physical counterparts in that consumers buy licences to a work, revocable under an ongoing contract, rather than their own copies.

Jonathan Zittrain

WorkMusicDigitalBuyContractOwn

You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.

Jon Lovitz

FunnyCharacterYouActorAlways

It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign. The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

GreatServiceDisappointmentBehavior

I've always believed that a goal in life is not to own a boat but have a friend with a boat.

Christie Hefner

LifeFriendBoatGoalAlwaysOwn

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