Ellen Ullman Quotes

Has Google appropriated the word 'search?' If so, I find it sad. Search is a deep human yearning, an ancient trope in the recorded history of human life.

Ellen Ullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

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  • Nationality: american

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LifeSadHistoryDeepSearchFind

I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that it's always done, judge.' I never found anything in the oath I took or the statutes I was asked to look at that said, 'Judge, stop thinking, because this is the way it was done before.'

Jed S. Rakoff

MeThinkingJudgeTraditionLook

It's a disease of critics that once they've labeled someone, it's very hard to change their perspective. It's laziness.

Michael Haneke

ChangePerspectiveSomeoneLaziness

On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those first responders did not make it out alive. In rushing into those burning buildings, not one of them asked, 'What God do you pray to?' What beliefs do you hold?'

Michael Bloomberg

GodYouBuildingsAliveMoreFirst

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

Stephen Covey

PositiveStrengthHomeCharacter

The way I understand the rules on trading on inside information, it's very vague.

Steven A. Cohen

InformationRulesUnderstandWay

I'm good at keeping secrets, but if it's not something super serious I usually tell people not to tell me because I'll tell someone else.

Steven Yeun

GoodPeopleMeSomeoneSecretsTell

A lot of people say, 'Hey, God doesn't have a sense of humor.' Yes, He does. God has a great sense of humor.

Si Robertson

GodGreatHumorPeopleSayYes

Fear has governed my life, if I think about it.

Trent Reznor

LifeFearThinkMy LifeI Think

Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment.

Mike Tyson

I AmGoSaidMy OwnWorstNever

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

Mitch Kapor

FearNo FearSpeakingLargeHad

I think as a business it would be amazing if the euro was to collapse, but financially and economically I think that would be a bit of a tsunami for everybody to cope with.

Lloyd Dorfman

BusinessAmazingThinkWouldI Think

Nobody wants you to stop, obviously because you're a moneymaking machine. But you have to make the decision and you have to move forward. So I took time off to have babies and do all that.

Donna Summer

TimeDecisionForwardYouStopMove

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