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Ramez Naam Quotes

People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.

Ramez Naam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american

Topics

Fear Humor Value People Surprise

Divorce is not the end of the world. It's worse to stay in an unhealthy marriage. That's a worse example for the children.

Jerry Hall

Marriage Children World End Divorce

While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people.

John O. Brennan

Intelligence People American Matters

Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.'

Maya Angelou

Life You Place Say Bring Low

Germany has to put the broader European interest on the same level as its own national interest, or the euro is toast.

John Lanchester

Same Own Level Interest Toast Euro

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Ambrose Bierce

Business Responsibility Profit Device

The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I've been sold out ever since.

Tony Bennett

Me Career Out Point High Fifties

Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no.

Tom Perez

Growth Courage Smart Say Yes Having

I trained for less than three-quarters of an hour, maybe five days a week - I didn't have time to do more. But it was all about quality, not quantity - so I didn't waste time jogging, ever.

Roger Bannister

Time Quality Week Waste Time More

Moog embodies a sound luxury like no other.

Mike Dean

Luxury Sound Like Other Embodies

Some comedies, they want you falling on your face and doing silly things.

Jason Statham

Face Doing Silly You Want Falling

Look, I think by the time my case was over and other ones, everybody on both sides of the aisle in Congress said we can't run a government by this kind of process and they repealed the law and that's good.

Bruce Babbitt

Good Time Government Law Think Look

I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive.

Anthony Hopkins

Cruel Cunning Addictive Devious