“Choose one thing and become a master of it. Choose a second thing and become a master of that. When you become a master of two worlds, say, engineering and business, you can bring them together in a way that will a) introduce hot ideas to each other, so they can have idea sex and make idea babies that no one has seen before and b) create a competitive advantage because you can move between worlds, speak both languages, connect the tribes, mash the elements to spark fresh creative insight until you wake up with the epiphany that changes your life.” WorldWayTwoIdeasTogetherMovingSpeakLanguageSexCreativeOne ThingMastersBabyElementsAdvantageWake UpHotInsightSparksEngineeringIntroducingTribesChanging Your LifeEpiphanyTwo WorldsCompetitive Advantage Author:Justine Musk
“I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was made about them. I had, for instance, early discovered that, if you gave a baby a finger to hold, it held it. This was perhaps interesting, but it wanted greatly in the dear element of surprise.” IfsLittlesMadeWantedInterestInterestingOpinionBabyElementsSurpriseFingersDearAttractionInstanceJustifyInfantElement Of Surprise Book:The Singing Gold Source: The Singing Gold
“The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history.” MindActorsBoysBabyElementsPossessedPopularityDisgraceTheatricalGood ActorsHallucinations Book:Life of Mrs. Siddons Source: Life of Mrs. Siddons
“With Rodham, for instance, it has to work on an emotional level. It has to work on a character level. If it's only "Look, it has famous people," then it's a wax museum come to life and that's really boring. It's sort of like what they say about science fiction and horror where the really good ones, if you remove that element of it, it still has to work. That's the reason The Shining works or Rosemary's Baby or Blade Runner.” PeopleIfsLooksStillsReasonCharacterLevelsFictionEmotionalBabyHorrorElementsScience FictionShiningBoringInstanceRemoveMuseumsRunnersBladesRosemaryBlade Runner Author:James Ponsoldt
“Blade Runner's just a noir at the end of the day. Rosemary's Baby is about the fear of having a child and how that gets in the way of a romantic relationship. Or whatever it is, and you add that extra element that blows your mind apart.” WayMindChildrenEndsBabyElementsAddBlowExtrasThe End Of The DayRunnersBladesNoirRomantic RelationshipRosemaryBlade Runner Author:James Ponsoldt
“There's that kind of song, "Whoah baby, I love you," which doesn't have a visual element, but a very strong emotional element, and these are the great songs to me - those ones that you put them on and they just make you feel great, or whatever.” FeelsKindSongStrongLove YouEmotionalBabyElementsVisualsVery StrongStrong EmotionalI Love You Baby Author:Nick Cave
“Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Watson love Mercy [Watson]. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot, if you want to be so generous as to call it a plot, turns on those elements. love Mercy. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot, if you want to be so generous as to call it a plot, turns on those elements.” IfsWantHateTurnsBabyElementsMercyLikesGenerousPlotToastsHate MeWatson Author:Kate DiCamillo
“One of the worst elements of Obama's career, which no one talks about, is that he voted twice for a bill that said, if there is a botched abortion, if the child emerges from the womb alive, it should be okay to kill the baby. We have elected a president - twice! - who agrees with infanticide.” IfsShouldChildrenSaidPresidentCareersAliveWorstBabyElementsOkayAgreeBillsAbortionWombInfanticide Author:Nat Hentoff
“Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.” WaterBabyElementsHotTrialsNativeHot WaterBaby Boy Author:Edith Sitwell