Sam Harris Quotes

The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.

Sam Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 9, 1967

Topics

OceanSelfUniverseLoseTranquility

I'd like to make the film of Sam Selvon's book 'The Lonely Londoners.'

Joe Wright

BookLonelyFilmMakeLikeSam

It's even exhausting for me to think about remixes because there were so many Miike Snow remixes.

Andrew Wyatt

SnowMeThinkBecauseEvenMany

You don't wanna be around your family constantly.

John Oates

FamilyYouYourAroundConstantly

I think that what I do, in terms of how I craft my words rhetorically, is fairly simple stuff. I don't mean that to denigrate myself. I mean that in the sense of, when I write, the person that I keep in mind is my mother-in-law.

John Scalzi

MyselfSimpleWordsMindThinkMean

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.

John Steinbeck

LiveDeathMeWorldActionThought

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.

Steven Seagal

Common SenseImportantSayRight

Defending against military-strength malware is a real challenge for the computer security industry. Furthermore, the security industry is not global. It is highly focused in just a handful of countries. The rest of the countries rely on foreign security labs to provide their everyday digital security for them.

Mikko Hypponen

ChallengeRestSecurityFocusedReal

When I say, 'I can't stay long, I'm in-between meals,' that plays differently on the radio than it does in person. So I have to pick material that works because the words are funny, not just because of the images.

Louie Anderson

FunnyWordsLongPersonJust Because

I'm enjoying the work while I get it right now.

Louis C. K.

WorkNowRightGetEnjoyingWhile

With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally.

Jules Verne

HappinessHealthEnjoyShould

Being 'Johnny' was almost like an out of body experience. I thought he was just a character that I'd created and could quite easily step away from, but it was much more difficult than that.

Johnny Vegas

CharacterExperienceStepThought

I love travelling, but I have to admit I didn't initially take to Agra in India. As soon as you arrive, someone wants to show you around, take your bags or sell you something - and it's just a bit of a culture shock. You just have to make the necessary mental adjustment to the setting.

Dexter Fletcher

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