Barry Eisler Quotes

The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isn't really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it.

Barry Eisler

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We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.

Anna Eshoo

AmericaPlanNeedSuccessfulGoing

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

Jean-Claude Killy

BestChampionLearnWayWatchSport

I was considered one of RCA's brightest young people. Then one day, I found out we'd been sold. They didn't even consult me.

Michael Heisley

DayPeopleMeYoungOne DayOut

I guess everybody saw it. It's a deal where I'd been racing cars a long time and I knew going around the track the fender was on the tire hard.

Sterling Marlin

TimeRacingLongLong TimeHardSaw

A lot of people have said that I'm super-snarky and mean. But honesty is the only way to get people to change. It's very important to be constructively critical - give people alternatives and you're giving them a new way to see themselves.

Stacy London

ChangeHonestyPeopleGivingYou

I think when we use 'stress', we are often using a kind of dummy word to try to fit many different things into one big category.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

StressThinkKindTryThingsBig

When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what poets are doing. They are cleaning the words, they are inventing the sentiments, they are giving us a way to communicate.

Roberto Benigni

BeautifulBestWordsGivingDoing

When you have a life-threatening illness like cancer, and you're faced with the alternative, it gives doing whatever it is you do a much sweeter taste.

Ronnie Montrose

DoingYouTasteWhateverCancer

People who aren't as interested in recorded music as they used to be will say, 'Oh, 'Buena Vista?' Loved it.' And I'll say, 'Well, how about any of my other recent records. I've been doing some pretty good ones. You like those?' And they go, 'Huh?'

Ry Cooder

GoodMusicPeopleLovedDoingYou

Engagement is always better then disengagement. If we don't talk, somebody else will.

Miroslav Lajcak

BetterWillTalkAlwaysEngagement

Fantasy football is not only a good thing, but a great thing.

Jay Mohr

GoodGreatFootballFantasyOnly

In high school, I once sang 'Let's Get It On' and 'Brown Sugar' with a band that included my English teacher and my math teacher.

Chris Pine

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