There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities.
In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.
Esoteric things progress not according to time, but by activity, they can be slow or quick, depending upon the efforts made.
Realize that from the start, every activity that comprises the journey has value and the ability to teach you something.
Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at it.
The activity of being a husband, a father - those are roles, too, but underneath them is the spiritual center that connects us all, and that's what's most important.
Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. I find that very depressing.
I do exercises on my Wii. It's nice to have games that keep you active. It's an excuse to play video games.
Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough.
I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.
I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting.
Once I got both my hips replaced, I could start working out and going Pilates, and it's helped me be more active and youthful.
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
I've learned that guns are exceptionally challenging to use effectively, with a power that must be respected. But mostly what I've learned is that they're a lot of fun, and dangerously appealing to an active imagination.
And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive.
All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.
I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.
I haven't had to make a decision between 'my brand' and money. Everybody seems to get what I'm going for: the healthy lifestyle, staying active, being young and youthful.
Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making.
We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'
