“Im hopeless at telling lies. I can attempt strategic ones in order not to hurt peoples feelings, but then Ill blow it 10 minutes later.” I CanFeelingsLyingOrderHurtMinutesIllBlowHopelessStrategicTelling Lies Author:Nicholas Haslam
“I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth—artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.” YearsLooksArtistValuesObjectsYouthYears AgoPossessionResonance Author:Nicholas Haslam
“I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25.” GuyHavensDadTinyErasTeenagerCreeks Author:Jon Hamm
“It's certainly a loss for us here at the University of Washington, because Jeff Compher has been a wonderful friend and administrator. Jeff is a football man first, but he has the compassion and desire to make all of Northern Illinois' programs successful. He's one heck of a guy.” MenFirstsHas BeensDesireGuyLossCompassionSuccessfulWonderfulFootballProgramUniversityAdministratorsIllinoisWonderful Friends Author:Tyrone Willingham
“The Nuffield report suggests that there is a moral imperative for investment into GM crop research in developing countries. But the moral imperative is in fact the opposite. The policy of drawing of funds away from low-cost sustainable agriculture research, towards hi-tech, exclusive, expensive and unsafe technology is itself ethically questionable. There is a strong moral argument that the funding of GM technology in agriculture is harming the long-term sustainability of agriculture in the developing world.” WorldLongCountryFactsStrongTermMoralTechnologyPolicyCostLowsResearchArgumentOppositesInvestmentDrawingDevelopingLong TermExpensiveReportsFundSustainabilityAgricultureExclusiveImperativesFundingCropsQuestionableUnsafeDeveloping CountriesSustainable Agriculture Author:Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
“For what you call the Law is but a club of the rich over the lowest of men, sanctifying the conquest of the earth by a few and making their theft the way of things. But over and above these pitiful statutes of yours that enclose the common land and reduce us to poverty to make you fat stands the Law of Creation, which renders judgement on rich and poor alike, making them one. For freedom is the man who will thus turn the world upside down, therefore no wonder he has enemies” MenWorldWayEarthLawTurnsFreedomPoorCommonWonderEnemyPovertyRichLandCreationHe ManClubsFatsJudgementLowestConquestRichnessTheftReducingUpside DownRich And PoorSanctificationRenderingPitifulStatutesWorld Upside DownCauses Of PovertyFattening Author:Gerrard Winstanley
“It is my view that these circumstances indicate the universe was created for man to live in.” MenScienceUniverseViewsCircumstancesScientistTheismIf There Is A GodGod And ScienceScience GodPamperedFine Tuning Author:Robert Jastrow
“The chain of events leading to man commenced suddenly and sharply, at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy.” MenMomentsLightEnergyEventsChainsFlashDefiniteMoments In TimeChain Of Events Author:Robert Jastrow
“Humor and profundity are not mutually exclusive, and life can be, and mostly is, serious and funny simultaneously. It's not always easy to capture that in words, but when T.M. Shine manages to do so, it's a sign of a master at work.” EasySeriousMastersShiningManageCaptureExclusiveProfundity Author:Tom Shroder
“For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.” PeopleThinkingLongHas BeensStuffFashionLong TimeDisappointedAffordable Author:Olivier Theyskens