Nathan Myhrvold Quotes

In the early days of the software industry, people cared about copyright and didn't give a damn about patents - they copied each other willy-nilly.

Nathan Myhrvold

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PeopleEarlyDamnSoftwareDays

A problem with a president who leads by stirring the moral sentiments of voters is that he has got to keep stirring them.

Jill Lepore

ProblemMoralPresidentKeepGotHe

I was getting calls in 1970 from teenagers, little girls, and they'd say, 'Oh, I like your stories about so-and-so so much. How old are you? 20?' 'No. Older than that.' '30?' 'No. Older than that.' And they'd hang up.

Robert Hilburn

Little GirlsYouSayOldUpLittle

I mean, movies in general tend to sort of portray time, space and identity as these very solid things. Time moves forward. Space is what it is. You are you, and you're always you.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

TimeIdentitySpaceForwardYou

I've never dated a Jewish woman.

Ato Essandoh

WomanNeverJewishDated

I clipped a Ferrari, hit the gravel trap at a fair old speed, which lifted the car up into the barrier, and then rolled a few times. I had no injuries or anything - I just had to wait for the marshals to right the car before I could get out.

Allan McNish

CarWaitSpeedInjuriesFairRight

Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes on wealth and high incomes to ensure a more level playing field and generate the billions of dollars needed to invest in healthcare, education, and job creation.

Winnie Byanyima

EducationJobEndPovertyHealthcare

Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.

Paul Weller

MusicTalentCollegePassionateMuch

I want all of America to get to know me better and to know that I am a good kid.

Scotty Lago

GoodI AmMeBetterAmericaKnow

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Thornton Wilder

MarriageThinkSheMakeBribe

My wife's hip, beautiful and independent and never jealous.

Richard Lewis

BeautifulWifeJealousIndependent

I don't say no as much as I should. I'm an extreme workaholic. So I can be sick, and I still say yes to anything. When you are the CEO of your own company, editor of your own videos, your own writer ,and you do every role yourself, you have a hard time saying no to opportunities.

Lilly Singh

TimeYourselfSayingOpportunities

One of the reasons I wrote 'Airborn' was that I'd fallen in love with the great passenger airships which flew in the '20s and '30s. Their time was short-lived. They were frail, they tended to crash; and they could never be as fast, safe and efficient as the airplanes that replaced them.

Kenneth Oppel

LoveGreatTimeFastNeverSafe

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