“I wish that restaurateurs would choose simpler and smaller glassware. The tables on restaurants these days are way too crowded, and mostly because the plates are too odd looking and big, and the wine glasses are so gigantic that it takes up the whole surface area and you can't move. I prefer smaller glassware.” WayWholeBigsMovingWishAreasTablesWineGlassesSurfaceThese DaysOddRestaurantsPlatesCrowdedWine Glass Author:Geoffrey Zakarian
“I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.” KindDangerousNew YorkGrewGrew UpAreasHipsThese DaysBridgesDriversBrooklynTaxiBrooklyn New YorkWilliamsburg Author:Barry Manilow
“Well, the first thing I had to do was to read a lot. First of all, about education... and looking at education from the Middle Ages right through to the 20th Century. The second major area was country life in the 19th Century, which I don't know much about these days.” KnowsFirstsWellsCountryAgeMiddleCenturyMajorsAreasThese Days20th CenturyMiddle Ages19th CenturyCountry Life Author:Michael Haneke
“I was happy with the umpiring in India last year, New Zealand is OK these days, and the only real area of concern is Pakistan. They seem to have a chip on their shoulders about their cricket there.” YearsRealSeemsLastsAreasConcernIndiaShouldersThese DaysLast YearPakistanCricketChipsNew Zealand Author:Allan Border
“In this society these days, women are widely accepted in all kinds of cross-gender areas. So yeah, it's time!” KindAreasCrossesYeahGenderAcceptedAll KindsThese DaysThis Society Author:Danica Patrick
“Trying to keep a society together, trying to keep the older and the younger people together, trying to keep those who live in rural areas together with those who live in cities is one of the most important and most noble tasks of politicians these days.” PeopleTryingImportantTogetherCitiesPoliticianAreasTasksNobleThese DaysRural Areas Author:Angela Merkel
“A wonderful area for speculative academic work is the unknowable. These days religious subjects are in disfavor, but there are still plenty of good topics. The nature of consciousness, the workings of the brain, the origin of aggression, the origin of language, the origin of life on earth, SETI and life on other worlds...this is all great stuff. Wonderful stuff. You can argue it interminably. But it can't be contradicted, because nobody knows the answer to any of these topics.” KnowsWorldStillsEarthLanguageStuffReligiousAnswersBrainConsciousnessWonderfulSubjectsAreasArguingPlentyThese DaysAcademicAggressionTopicsHuman BehaviorOther WorldsNobody KnowsOrigin Of LifeAcademic Work Author:Michael Crichton