“Everyone has to understand what we're saying to one another and there's no point in me thinking the line means this and the person I'm speaking to thinks it means something else. So there's a certain amount of analyzing of text that's of course necessary.” ThinkingMeanPersonsCertainCoursesLinesAmountNo PointAnalyzing Author:Ewan McGregor
“Google has - at least at this point - maintained the line where it keeps organic results separate from the advertisements. But over time - so in other words, you still get the - there still are honest to goodness results which are based on an algorithm which is based on how important or how many people link to that particular site, so there's that. At the very beginning, there were unobtrusive advertisements on the side that sort of showed up when you typed in certain phrases. Over time, the amount of real estate that those ads take up has increased.” PeopleStillsImportantRealCertainSidesLinesResultsHonestParticularAmountGoodnessPhrasesLinksAdsGoogleSiteEstatesAdvertisementsAlgorithms Author:Tim Wu
“All business models have something challenging about them, but the problem with the attention merchant business model they have is they need to keep increasing the amount of ads they deliver to people and therefore make their product worse.” PeopleNeedsProblemChallengesAttentionProductsAmountModelsAdsMerchantsBusiness Models Author:Tim Wu
“Even those who specialize in the history of philosophy often ignore the political and cultural context, and the natural world in which their philosophers were philosophizing. This has consequences both trivial and important. If you systematically read the last fifty years of the major journals in our discipline you would be amazed at the amount of redundancy. Most of this is unacknowledged because most of us know so little about the history of our discipline and even the subfields in which we work.” IfsKnowsWorldYearsLittlesImportantPhilosophyWould BeLastsPoliticalNaturalAmountDisciplineMajorsConsequencePhilosopherFiftyAmazedJournalNatural WorldRedundancy Author:Dale Jamieson
“People and countries have done an enormous amount of damage in their attempts to bring about the best possible world. Communism is an obvious example. But so is British imperialism, which was not grubby self-interest all the way down, but at least in part a sincere attempt on the part of people who felt they were superior to other people to magnanimously improve the lot of their inferiors.” PeopleWorldWaySelfCountryDoneFeltInterestExampleAmountObviousBritishEnormousSuperiorsCommunismDamageSincereInferiorsImperialismSelf Interest Author:Dale Jamieson
“Instead of ending U.S. military aid to the 23rd wealthiest country to use for its consistent violations of international law and human rights, we see the Obama administration escalating the annual amount of aid, so that Israel will now start each year with almost $4 billion, with $3.8 billion a year of military aid coming from our tax money to support its military, without any restrictions on how it makes - how it uses that money, what weapons in the U.S. it's able to buy.” YearsHumansCountryUseAbleLawSupportRightsMilitaryAmountTaxesWeaponsInternationalHuman RightsIsraelAidsBillionsAdministrationConsistentRestrictionViolationAnnualsInternational LawEscalating Author:Phyllis Bennis
“What is useful about when there is a sort of pull-out to reveal moment going on is that it actually focuses the mind when you're writing the earlier scenes because you're thinking 'right, how do I? I can only show this amount of the room... I can only show these characters from the waist up because they've all got robot legs!' it's a challenge so it keeps you engaged on some level.” ThinkingWritingMindI CanMomentsCharacterShowsChallengesLevelsRoomsAmountSceneLegsEngagedRobotsThinking Right Author:Charlie Brooker
“I spend a fair amount of time just thinking about whether something is feasible or not, and if it is feasible, whether it's really worth doing.” IfsThinkingAmountFairs Author:William Gurstelle
“The Facebook algorithm designers chose to let us see what our friends are talking about. They chose to show us, in some sense, more of the same. And that is the design decision that they could have decided differently. They could have said, "We're going to show you stuff that you've probably never seen before." I think they probably optimized their algorithm to make the most amount of money, and that probably meant showing people stuff that they already sort of agreed with, or were more likely to agree with.” PeopleThinkingSaidShowsStuffDecisionTalkingDesignAmountDecidedAgreeDesignerAlgorithms Author:Cathy O'Neil
“I just want to be as regular, and get by with doing the least amount of publicity, but still look really cool, you know? And get a bit of respect.” KnowsWantLooksStillsBitsAmountPublicityReally Cool Author:Chrissie Hynde
“Woody Allen is kind of the one example I don't have. Because the way he works and the amount of shooting time that I did on that film, I didn't really get to know him, so he kind of stays as "Woody Allen" to me.” KnowsWayKindFilmExampleAmountShootingWoody Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“The silicone we use is the hardest, most UV stable we can get, and we have done enormous amounts of testing and research to get a paint solution that is extremely hardy and repairable.” DoneUseAmountSolutionsResearchPaintEnormousHardestStableTestingHardy Author:Patricia Piccinini
“Some people see streaming as a bad thing because of the royalty amount paid, but as more and more people get on these services and stream music all day long, you'll be able to generate quite a bit of income from streaming.” PeopleLongAbleBitsAmountPaidIncomeStreamsBad ThingsRoyaltyStreaming Author:Ryan Merchant
“We have consciousness and rational powers but unless you're willing to spend the time to gain control of yourself, gain control of your emotions, to think deeply about what you want in a year or two, or where you want your business to be, you're going to be swept away by every new event that occurs in the course of the day or the week and the small amount of time that you plan, that you address to conscious planning, is never enough to overcome the constant tide of emotions and new things happening.” ThinkingWantYearsTwoEnoughCoursesEmotionConsciousnessPlansWeekEventsWillingAmountHappeningsConsciousGainsOvercomingConstantWhat You WantPlanningThings HappenRationalAddressesBe YouTidesNew ThingsSwept AwaySmall Amounts Author:Robert Greene
“There are things that you study, classes you've taken, activities you've done that feel right, that feel like they're in your power zone. So it doesn't take incredible amount of effort for you to do it - it just comes more naturally to you.” FeelsDoneEffortClassStudyTakenAmountActivityIncrediblesZoneFeels Right Author:Robert Greene
“The changes are coming so quickly it's been difficult for workers to retrain themselves and for entrepreneurs to figure out where the next opportunities may be. The catalyst is something called computer learning or artificial intelligence - the ability to feed massive amounts of data into supercomputers and program them to teach themselves and improve their performance.” MayNextOpportunityDifficultAbilityTeachFiguresAmountComputerProgramPerformancesEntrepreneurWorkersDataMassiveArtificial IntelligenceArtificialCatalystSupercomputers Author:Andrew McAfee
“There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.” EndsFilmEffortStrangeAmountDoctorsHeroicSuperhero Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“The bigger budget films only shoot about a page or two a day, so there's very specific amount of time spent on detail and getting each tidbit exactly how they want it. In a movie or TV show, you shoot eight or ten pages and you aren't afforded as much time to do each scene.” WantTwoShowsFilmTvsAmountSceneTenPagesBiggerDetailsEightBudgetsTv ShowsTime Spent Author:Dan Payne
“It takes a tremendous amount of merit to meet with the dharma - especially if you have an interest in it.” IfsInterestAmountMeritDharma Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Just entering into the dharma and taking refuge and bodhisattva vows is a tremendous amount of merit, but we need more and more and more.” NeedsAmountMeritRefugeEnteringVowDharmaBodhisattva Author:Tenzin Palmo
“If we want to be musicians, dancers or sportspeople, we can download a certain amount and watch DVDs and read books, but in the end we need someone to assess us and give us personal instruction. The two go together.” IfsWantNeedsGivingTwoBookEndsTogetherCertainWatchesAmountMusicianDancerInstructionDvdsDownloads Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Buddhism is the most active one! The whole time, we're dealing with the mind and how to tame it, and how to transcend our ordinary conventional mind. This takes an enormous amount of determination and perseverance. It also requires an attitude of being relaxed and spacious, rather than tense and stressed. It's certainly not a matter of lying back and expecting it all to happen. If we don't make it happen, it won't!” IfsMindMatterWholeHappensLyingAttitudeBuddhismAmountOrdinaryDeterminationPerseveranceActiveEnormousExpectingConventionalRelaxedTenseStressedMake It HappenPerseverance And Determination Author:Tenzin Palmo
“I also believe that most of the emerging economies have a fairly large amount of foreign exchange reserves, relative to 10 years ago.” YearsBelieveEconomyAmountYears AgoRelativeReservesEmergingForeign ExchangeEmerging Economies Author:Jamie Dimon
“Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency.” ValuesAmountBuyingCurrencyDepressingMarketplaceBuying Something Author:Jamie Dimon
“The man Hillary [Clinton] introduced at the meeting goes so far as to say that no amount of trauma to children - or poor parenting or anything in their lives - causes them mental disorders. He says it's all biological and genetic and should be treated by drugs.” MenShouldChildrenCausesPoorHe ManAmountDrugMeetingsClintonTraumaTreatedDisorderMental Disorder Author:Peter Breggin
“I think that's one of the major overriding issues of the day, to deal with frivolous lawsuits. I think it creates a tremendous burden on our economy, a tremendous burden on health care, it creates all of this medicine, which is good medicine. It would be one of the most important things we could do. It, also would help the economy. A tremendous amount of money is taken out of our economy and a tremendous that is created by these frivolous lawsuits.” ThinkingImportantHelpingWould BeCareDealsEconomyIssuesTakenAmountMajorsImportant ThingsMedicineBurdenHealth CareFrivolousLawsuit Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors. They bring an enormous amount in creating these characters, and creating the dynamics between the characters that you've written.” MindCharacterActorsWrittenAmountCreatingProductionsEnormousDynamics Author:Charlie Kaufman
“You have 30% of the world unemployed, a huge amount of work, that needs to be done just rebuilding the society alone.” WorldNeedsDoneHugeAmountUnemployedRebuilding Author:Noam Chomsky
“Publishing requires a lot of persistence and a fair amount of luck.” AmountFairsLuckPersistencePublishing Author:Liza Campbell
“When I get to a point in my book writing when I don't know what I'm going to do next, I'll come back look at underlined passages and see if the images I wrote still have a certain amount of resonance for me.” IfsKnowsWritingLooksStillsBookCertainNextAmountPassagesResonanceBook Writing Author:Kate DiCamillo
“I think to be a good teacher you need an enormous amount of patience and I'm a very impatient person.” ThinkingNeedsPersonsTeacherAmountEnormousImpatientGood Teacher Author:Truman Capote
“What I did have was an incredible amount of belief in myself.” BeliefAmountIncredibles Author:Zoe Kazan
“We want to use cash. The reason we haven't used our cash two years ago, we just didn't find things that were that attractive. But when people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything. There are times when cash buys more than other times, and this is one of the other times when it buys a fair amount more, so we use it.” PeopleIfsWantYearsDoeTwoReasonUseUsedHavensAmountKingsFairsYears AgoAttractiveTwo YearsCashTwo Years Ago Author:Warren Buffett
“[The U.S. Treasury] can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more money over time. So when Merrill Lynch sells a bunch of mortgage-related assets at 22 cents on the dollar like they did a month or so ago, the buyer goes - is going to make money, and he's going to make a lot more money if it happens to be an institution like the U.S. government which has very, very cheap borrowing costs.” IfsYearsGovernmentHappensMonthsAmountCostInstitutionsSellsDollarsBunchMaking MoneyRelatedAssetsCentsMore MoneyUnlimitedMortgageBorrowingTreasuryBuyers Author:Warren Buffett
“The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.” WayStillsReasonArtistCertainHateSupportCreativeFashionAmountInvolvedIntegrityI HatePaidPhotographer Author:David Bailey
“We have such a finite amount of hours on this planet, and there is just no excuse for living a mundane, predictable life in life.” HoursPlanetsAmountExcuseFiniteMundanePredictableNo Excuses Author:Masiela Lusha
“If past behavior is any indication, we're in a lot of trouble with Hillary Clinton in the White House, as well, who has promised to start a no-fly zone in Syria, which amounts to a declaration of war against Russia.” IfsWellsWarPastHouseWhiteTroubleAmountBehaviorClintonRussiaZoneWhite HouseSyriaDeclarationIndicationDeclaration Of War Author:Jill Stein
“I think in the [Bill] Clinton era, if people hadn't been spending vast amounts of time attacking Clinton, they would have found that they had essentially the same problems as they do now.” PeopleIfsThinkingProblemFoundAmountBillsClintonSpendingErasAttacking Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“So if we cover [Donald Trump] the same way, let's say "The Kelly File," we cover him the same way we cover Barack Obama, the same amount, the same skeptical eye, he's going to be fine with that.” IfsWayEyeFineTrumpAmountBarackFilesSkeptical Author:Megyn Kelly
“The amount of customers who take pictures before they eat is insane.” AmountCustomersInsane Author:Gordon Ramsay
“That just sends the wrong message to everybody. [Donald Trump] should have the least amount of air time.” ShouldAirTrumpAmountMessagesShould Have Author:Chelsea Handler
“It was just on a whole other level, getting to experience and ride that terrain. We spent a fair amount of time in the Hakuba Valley.” WholeLevelsAmountFairsValleysTerrain Author:Travis Rice
“I would have bacteria and, yeah, it would grow in what we call the danger zone, which is typically between 40 and 140. But if I'm getting something out of my refrigerator where it's been basically pretty clean and I'm putting it on my counter, what exactly is going to happen in that amount of time that going into a hot oven isn't going to kill? Nothing.” IfsHappensGrowsDangerAmountHotYeahCleanZoneRefrigeratorsOvensBacteriaExactly Is Author:Alton Brown
“Cranberries contain a massive amount of natural pectins. They will gel all on their own, which is why you can basically make cranberry sauce out of filling.” NaturalAmountMassiveFillingSauceCranberries Author:Alton Brown
“Every opinion which embodies somewhat of the portion of truth which the common opinion omits, ought to be considered precious, with whatever amount of error and confusion that truth may be blended.” MayCommonOpinionOughtAmountErrorsConfusionPortions Author:John Stuart Mill
“So far the earth has warmed about a degree Fahrenheit globally averaged. That doesn't seem like an enormous amount but it's unlike what we would have expected twenty years ago.” YearsSeemsEarthAmountDegreesYears AgoTwentiesExpectedEnormous Author:Bill McKibben
“We just see a sort of cascading amount of data of the damage that is being done by those increased temperatures.” DoneAmountDataDamageTemperatureBeing Done Author:Bill McKibben
“I do a certain amount of work in religious communities on these issues. It's not the central focus of my work but it is certainly an area where I have worked a lot. It has gotten much better over the years, especially over the last couple years. There wasn't a religious environmental movement 15 years ago, but there is now - in the Catholic community, the Jewish community, the mainline Protestant community, and in the Evangelical community.” YearsLastsCertainCommunityReligiousIssuesFocusMovementAmountCoupleAreasYears AgoCatholicEnvironmentalProtestantsEvangelicalJewish CommunityReligious Community Author:Bill McKibben
“I imagine a certain amount of consumer impulse will be replaced by community connection. You can already see it starting with things like the local food movement.” CertainCommunityImagineMovementAmountConnectionsStartingLocalsConsumersImpulseReplacedLocal Food Author:Bill McKibben
“I don't spend a huge amount of time fixated on climate denial because I don't think that their objections, though sometimes couched in science, are based in science. I think they're based in ideology. And I don't think there's anything you can do.” ThinkingSometimesCan DoHugeAmountClimateIdeologyDenialObjections Author:Bill McKibben