“The development and deployment of drones and Cruise missiles involves the continuing development of the vision machine. Research on Cruise missiles is intrinsically linked to the development of vision machines. The aim, of course, is not only to give vision to a machine but, as in the case of the Cruise missiles that were aimed at Leningrad and Moscow, also to enable a machine to deploy radar readings and pre-programmed maps as it follows its course towards its target.” GivingCoursesReadingVisionCasesDevelopmentResearchMachinesAimMapsTargetContinuingLinkedMissilesCruiseRadarDronesMoscowDeploymentLeningrad Author:Paul Virilio
“The ideals of technological culture remain underdeveloped and therefore outside of popular culture and the practical ideals of democracy. This is also why society as a whole has no control over technological developments. And this is one of the gravest threats to democracy in the near future. It is, then, imperative to develop a democratic technological culture.” WholeCultureDemocracyDevelopmentIdealsThreatDemocraticPracticalsTechnologicalImperativesPopular CultureTechnological Development Author:Paul Virilio
“If we look to the south, to Iran, which cannot be "accused" of excess democratic zeal - it goes without saying that the unstable situation does not prepare the ground for a democratic development.” IfsLooksDoeSituationDevelopmentDemocraticSouthIranExcessAccusedZealUnstable Author:Garry Kasparov
“If we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.” IfsLooksCountryTermSuccessfulEconomicDevelopmentDataCatholicismObservingProtestantsEconomic Development Author:Garry Kasparov
“I don't think that nature envisaged an insurmountable mechanism that would hinder any country from taking the path of democratic development.” ThinkingCountryPathDevelopmentDemocraticMechanismHinderInsurmountable Author:Garry Kasparov
“Furthermore, a large portion of the assets of leading Russian figures is mixed, meaning that it is not quite clear how to counter this development.” ClearFiguresDevelopmentAssetsPortions Author:Garry Kasparov
“Photography and photographers have an inevitable development. They progress more or less by steps. Every five or ten years some new point of view is developed and young people are inclined to follow it.” PeopleYearsYoungViewsStepsFiveProgressDevelopmentTenPhotographyPhotographerPoint Of ViewInevitable Author:Ansel Adams
“The biggest challenge [making Pineapple Express] was that we had a comedy budget. We really got excited the more we got into the development of it about blowing stuff up and having shoot outs. That stuff costs money.” StuffChallengesComedyDevelopmentCostExcitedBudgetsPineapples Author:Seth Rogen
“All actors have their own unique path when it comes to the development of their training and careers.” ActorsCareersPathDevelopmentUniqueTraining Author:Cynthia Addai-Robinson
“I love the Russian absurdists - [Nikolai] Gogol,[Daniil] Kharms, and [Vladimir] Bulgakov. Even within the Russian experimentalists, there's a lineage of traditional narrative, conflict, and character development, which I find vital to my storytelling.” CharacterDevelopmentConflictStorytellingTraditionalNarrativeCharacter DevelopmentLineageGogol Author:Alexander Weinstein
“I am not a communist first and an individualist second. I am an individualist first, and I don't mean this in the shallow, purely egotistical sense of self-interest and everyone else be damned. I mean this in the true sense of enlightenment, recovery of personality, and the full development of personality.” FirstsMeanSelfInterestPersonalityDevelopmentEnlightenmentRecoveryCommunistShallowSelf InterestSense Of SelfEgotistical Author:Murray Bookchin
“I'm by no means convinced that capitalism and the development of technology has made anarchism easier.” MeanMadeTechnologyDevelopmentEasierCapitalismConvincedAnarchismDevelopment Of Technology Author:Murray Bookchin
“I have been criticized for pointing out that anarchism is likely to flourish more easily, at least in the western world, and to a certain extent in eastern Europe, in those areas where there is either grim need or considerable technological development.” WorldNeedsHas BeensCertainDevelopmentEuropeAreasWesternTechnologicalEasternPointingAnarchismGrimWestern WorldEastern EuropeTechnological Development Author:Murray Bookchin
“I'm convinced more than ever that capitalism, with its technological development, has not been an advance toward freedom but has been an enormous setback of freedom.” Has BeensDevelopmentCapitalismConvincedEnormousTechnologicalSetbackTechnological Development Author:Murray Bookchin
“Workers' rights should be a central focus of development.” ShouldFocusRightsDevelopmentWorkersWorkers Rights Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“[Albert] Hoxie, my Western Civilization professor. I had him in my freshman year and he opened up an extraordinary world to me that I've never forgotten. He used his extensive knowledge of art history to illustrate the development of Western culture and politics.” WorldYearsArtUsedCultureDevelopmentCivilizationWesternExtraordinaryForgottenProfessorsWestern CivilizationArt HistoryFreshmanWestern CultureFreshman Year Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a good way, that's how development happens.” WayDifferentShowsHappensDevelopmentGood Way Author:Linus Torvalds
“While we ended up having several core maintainers use BitKeeper - it was free to use for open source projects - it never got ubiquitous. So it helped kernel development, but there were still pain points.” StillsUsePainSourceDevelopmentProjectsCoreKernelOpen Source Author:Linus Torvalds
“The complaints I've had is that GitHub as a development platform - making commits, pull requests, keeping track of issues etc - doesn't work very well at all. It's not even close, not for something like the kernel. It's much too limited.” WellsIssuesDevelopmentTrackCommitEtcPlatformsComplaintsRequestKernel Author:Linus Torvalds
“I think the development of the venture capital system has been an example of something which is a successful improvement in risk-bearing. It doesn't exactly remove the risks at the beginning, but at least creates greater rewards at a slightly later stage and therefore encourages, say, small companies to engage in technologically risky enterprises.” ThinkingHas BeensCompanySuccessfulGreaterRiskStageExampleDevelopmentRewardsImprovementEnterpriseRemoveVentureVenture Capital Author:Kenneth Arrow
“Every other word out of every other Chinese mouth is "development, development, development, development." And that's what they're talking about it - because they believe it, A, enables them, with development, to have the kind of status they want in the world, and B, it enables them to deal with their internal problems, having to do with poverty, urban-rural as well as the environment.” WorldWantBelieveWellsKindProblemDealsTalkingPovertyEnvironmentDevelopmentMouthsChineseInternalsUrban Author:Charlie Rose
“My development parameter is very simple. It is about how the poorest of the poor can benefit from development.” SimplePoorDevelopmentBenefitsPoorestParameters Author:Narendra Modi
“I believe that solution to all problems is in development. Development is also the solution to the tension that people talk about.” PeopleBelieveProblemI BelieveDevelopmentSolutionsTension Author:Narendra Modi
“If we provide employment to people, if we ensure there's food on their plates, if we provide them with facilities and give them education, all the tension will end. And this is why, all those who want good for the nation, I request them to compete towards development and for development. This atmosphere should be created in India and I think such an environment is being created nowadays.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantGivingShouldEndsNationsEnvironmentDevelopmentIndiaEmploymentAtmosphereTensionPlatesFacilityRequest Author:Narendra Modi
“I am of the firm belief that the nation should progress on the issue of development. And it is necessary that the country moves forward on the issue of development.” ShouldCountryMovingBeliefNationsIssuesProgressDevelopmentMoving ForwardFirmFirm Beliefs Author:Narendra Modi
“[Giving] is the essence of the great religions of the world - whether you are discussing the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Christian religion. It is an essential fundamental principle of all religions, whatever stage of development a society has reached, to sympathize with others and to promote that spirit of equality.” WorldGivingChristianSpiritPrinciplesStageDevelopmentEssentialsEssenceFundamentalsDiscussingFundamental PrinciplesStages Of Development Author:Nelson Mandela
“If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society.” IfsWantDevelopmentSignificantCivil Society Author:Nelson Mandela
“I think that Rodney Stark puts his foot wrong on some things where he simply wasn't sufficiently current on scholarly developments.” ThinkingFeetDevelopmentCurrentsStarksScholarly Author:Larry Hurtado
“In light of Trump's irresponsible behavior, even Putin may decide that it was time to recalculate Russian interests. This could happen quite quickly if Trump goes ahead and wrecks one of the few potentially stabilizing developments in the Middle East during the last several years. Similarly, if Israel joins NATO, this might be more than Putin is willing to swallow.” IfsYearsMayLightMightHappensLastsInterestMiddleWillingDevelopmentTrumpBehaviorIsraelEastMiddle EastPutinIrresponsibleWrecksNato Author:Richard A. Falk
“A lot of kids just want to go play basketball, but they don't know to play and they don't have the skills to play. I think just the skill development right off and then play all you can, but don't sacrifice your skill development by just playing and not working on the specifics of the game.” ThinkingKnowsWantPlayKidsGamesSacrificeDevelopmentSkillsBasketballSpecificsSkills Development Author:Pat Summitt
“Lincoln was a modernizer, so to speak. He believed in economic development. As a Whig before the war he favored what we would call infrastructure spending, government appropriation for canals, railroads, river and harbor improvements, and a tariff to protect industry. He believed in this market revolution that was sweeping across Northern society. He himself benefited from it in his own life.” WarGovernmentSpeakEconomicRevolutionDevelopmentIndustryProtectRiversSpendingImprovementInfrastructureHarborsSweepingRailroadsEconomic DevelopmentCanalsAppropriationTariffs Author:Eric Foner
“If the Taliban comes back to power, the impact would be devastating. A country that has made great strides, in terms of development indicators, would take a huge step backwards. Afghanistan's national economy would be devastated.” IfsMadeCountryWould BeTermStepsEconomyHugeDevelopmentImpactAfghanistanBackwardsTalibanStrideDevastatedIndicatorsNational Economy Author:Chris Alexander
“Taiwan's development in the past 20 years in high tech is almost 100 percent related to Silicon Valley.” YearsPastDevelopmentPercentRelatedValleysSiliconSilicon ValleyTaiwan Author:Stan Shih
“The Golden Rule reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development. This conviction has led me, from the beginning of my ministry, to advocate at different levels for the global abolition of the death penalty.” HumansDifferentLevelsResponsibilityStageDevelopmentProtectConvictionGoldenHuman LifeMinistryPenaltiesDeath PenaltyGolden RuleAbolitionDifferent LevelsResponsibility To Protect Author:Pope Francis
“Strategies for research and policy development must simultaneously address people's needs, the capacity of programs to provide good quality of care, and the range of technological options available.” PeopleNeedsCareQualityPolicyDevelopmentResearchCapacityProgramStrategyAvailableRangeAddressesTechnologicalGood Quality Author:Ruth Simmons
“Tim Kaine is your friend's dad who catches you smoking weed at a sleepover and doesn't rat you out but talks to you about brain development.” BrainDevelopmentDadSmokingWeedRatsSmoking WeedSleepoversBrain Development Author:Tim Kaine
“I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor.” ShouldBelieveCharacterLanguageI BelieveNovelDevelopmentElementsShould HaveMetaphorMemoirDialogueNarrativeCharacter Development Author:Danielle Trussoni
“In the final analysis, the general principle for our economic development in China is still that formulated by Chairman Mao, that is, to rely mainly on our own efforts with external assistance subsidiary.” StillsEffortPrinciplesEconomicDevelopmentFinalsChinaAnalysisRelyAssistanceChairmanEconomic DevelopmentMaoChairman Mao Author:Deng Xiaoping
“Innovation comes spontaneously. I don't know if I've done anything new. If I have, it's just because I had begun to feel for some time that I couldn't stand certain films, certain modes, certain ways of telling a story, certain tricks of plot development, all of it predictable and useless.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsDoneStoriesFilmCertainDevelopmentInnovationTricksUselessPlotPredictable Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Manicheanism is like a vacuum, it is an either or situation that curtails or destroys the development of liberatory thought.” SituationDevelopmentVacuumsEither Or Author:Nigel Gibson
“For many years, questions about the meaning of life were dismissed as senseless. We were told that life, not being a word or sentence or anything language-like, can't intelligibly be said to have meaning. An encouraging development in the last couple of decades is a return by philosophers to addressing - as nearly all people do at some time or another - the question of life's meaning.” PeopleYearsSaidLastsLanguageDevelopmentReturnCouplePhilosopherSentencesDecadesMeaning Of Life Author:David E. Cooper
“The United States does have the highest rate of incarceration in the world dwarfing the rates of even highly repressive regimes like Russia, China or Iran. This reflects a radical shift in criminal justice policy, a stunning development that virtually no one - not even the best criminologists - predicted forty years ago.” WorldYearsDoeStatesJusticeUnitedUnited StatesPolicyDevelopmentHighestYears AgoRateChinaCriminalsRussiaRadicalFortyIranRegimesStunningCriminal JusticeIncarceration Author:Michelle Alexander
“I don't think we in Ireland have to follow slavishly what other countries have done. Ireland has its own strengths - in family life, in the local community, in the concept of meitheal, a very traditional form of cooperation in rural Ireland. Three or four or five neighbors get together, exchanging labor, farm equipment, and so on. There are strong solidarity overtones. That tradition is being translated today into community self-development.” ThinkingSelfCountryDoneTodayTogetherFormThreeStrongCommunityFiveFourDevelopmentConceptsTraditionLaborNeighborLocalsTraditionalFarmsCooperationIrelandOther CountriesSolidarityEquipmentSelf DevelopmentFamily LifeGet TogetherExchangingLocal Community Author:Mary Robinson
“We must encourage energy conservation and sustainable development. Young people are the ones who are most environmentally conscious in Ireland, so that to some extent they are educating their parents. They are tackling issues of waste disposal and so on. The schools help, because they put a lot of stress on environmental awareness.” PeopleHelpingSchoolYoungEnergyParentIssuesAwarenessDevelopmentWasteConsciousStressEnvironmentalIrelandConservationSustainable DevelopmentTacklingEnergy ConservationWaste Disposal Author:Mary Robinson
“I'm struck by how very few people outside a rarefied world of true believers understand what you mean when you say human rights - that includes development experts and economists who are very keen to implement the UN Millennium Development Goals. They've told me quite frankly, that they don't know exactly what a human rights approach is.” PeopleKnowsWorldHumansMeanGoalRightsDevelopmentApproachHuman RightsBelieverExpertsEconomistMillenniumTrue BelieverMillennium Development Goals Author:Mary Robinson
“Liberia can move on and break from the past. That is very important for us to try to achieve our development goals and reconcile our nation.” TryingImportantPastMovingNationsGoalBreakAchieveDevelopmentReconcile Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“Liberia has to take primary responsibility for its own reform agenda. But our resources are limited. We have to attract the private sector to get jobs to our people that will enable us to raise the government revenue, but to do that we have to build infrastructure. It's a very complex problem of development we are facing here.” PeopleProblemGovernmentJobsResponsibilityDevelopmentResourcesRaisesComplexesReformPrimariesAgendasRevenueInfrastructurePrivate SectorComplex Problems Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“I actually did a quick survey of how caste plays out in contemporary India. The idea that democracy and development have in some ways eroded caste turned out not to be the case, that it has in fact been entrenched and modernised.” WayIdeasPlayFactsCasesDemocracyDevelopmentIndiaContemporarySurveysCastes Author:Arundhati Roy
“I do feel that now and I feel that this development of recording poems, of speaking poems at readings, of having records of poets, I think this is a wonderful thing. I'm very excited by it. In a sense, there's a return, isn't there, to the old role of the poet, which was to speak to a group of people, to come across.” PeopleThinkingFeelsReadingSpeakRolesRecordsWonderfulGroupsPoetDevelopmentReturnExcitedWonderful Things Author:Sylvia Plath
“I think Scotland's got its own issues, in some ways similar to Northern Ireland with sectarianism, which has been a long-running sore. All the issues of land ownership, development resources, poverty, alcoholism and violence, all these things.” ThinkingWayLongHas BeensRunningPovertyIssuesViolenceLandDevelopmentResourcesIrelandOwnershipScotlandAlcoholismSectarianismNorthern Ireland Author:Irvine Welsh