“Never had there been such an opportunity for the dissemination of knowledge…. But the obverse is also true. We can have thrust upon us a false picture of reality as distorting as the trick mirrors in a Coney Island funhouse.” RealityOpportunityMirrorsTricksIslandsThrustDisseminationConey Island Author:Howard E. Koch
“You can't lose a game in which you're not even competing.” GamesLosesCompeting Author:Robert Kocharian
“Ward Churchill might be more valuable to the opponents of the academic left employed than unemployed. Above all, he can serve as a living window into the intellectual, moral, and political bankruptcy of the left.” MightPoliticalLeftMoralIntellectualWindowValuableOpponentsAcademicEmployedUnemployedBankruptcy Author:Mort Kondracke
“Well, there are two kinds of stem cells: adult stem cells, which you can get from any part of a grown body, and embryonic stem cells. These are the inner- core of days-old embryos that can develop into any kind of cell.” WellsKindTwoBodyAdultsCoreCellsStemStem CellEmbryosEmbryonic Stem Cells Author:Mort Kondracke
“At NIH, what tends to happen is that the proven researchers tend to get the money. New researchers, younger researchers, or people on the cutting edge don't get the money until they have gray beards.” PeopleHappensCuttingEdgesGrayProvenBeardResearchersCutting Edge Author:Mort Kondracke
“The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection.” PerfectWastePerfectionExcellenceStrivePursuitExcellentFrustrationWasting TimeWorthwhileFrustratingNot PerfectPursuit Of PerfectionCommendablePursuit Of Excellence Author:Alan Kulwicki
“My purpose is to make a movie to make you warm. To give you some heat. Now, this rational world has become a place where only what is cool is good. Do you cut the movie on the basis of the beat of modernity or the basis of the beat of your own heart?” WorldGivingHeartPurposeCuttingBeatsBasesWarmRationalHeatModernity Author:Emir Kusturica
“My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were orthodox before that and deep down we were always Serbs, religion cannot change that. We only became Muslims to survive the Turks.” YearsFatherAtheistOrthodoxDeep Down Author:Emir Kusturica
“I put my ideas into practice. That may be the reason people hate me.” PeopleMayIdeasReasonHatePracticeHate Me Author:Emir Kusturica