Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to occupy our mental bandwidth. Although we can control where our time goes, we cannot fully control how our bandwidth is allocated...
John Robie: Miss Stevens? Frances Stevens: Yes, Mr. Burns? John Robie: You know what I think? Frances Stevens: About what? John Robie: You. Frances Stevens: I don't really care.
Robbie Preston: [Mutes TV] John? John Preston: Yes? Robbie Preston: I saw Robbie Taylor crying today. He didn't know, but I saw. Do you think I should report him? John Preston: Unquestionably.
John Anderton: [his face inches from Agatha's] Where's my Minority Report? [screams] John Anderton: DO I EVEN HAVE ONE? [moment's silence] John Anderton: [softly] Do I have one? Agatha: [whispers] No.
If you have a lot of short-term debt, it means that all of that money can be demanded in a very short period of time. Technically, short-term debt means money that's coming due within a year. Typically, it means money that's coming due within 30 to 9...
I'm a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of Marshall Kay's geosynclinal cycle, which is a bun...
Jay Z is building a range of businesses just on the strength of his brand. Lady Gaga has formed really interesting partnerships. Justin Bieber and his manager Scooter Braun are investing in a number of different companies and also promoting them in m...
John Laroche: Who's gonna play me? Susan Orlean: Well, I've gotta write the book first, John. Then, you know, they get somebody to write the screenplay. John Laroche: Hey, I think I should play me.
John Milner: Shit! Hey, get down! Carol: Hey, is this what they call "copping a feel"? John Milner: What? No, get up, N-O. Sheezus. Carol: What's your name? John Milner: My name? Mud, if anybody sees you.
Lotte Schwartz: We love her, Craig. Craig Schwartz: We? Lotte Schwartz: John and me. Craig Schwartz: Don't forget about me! Lotte Schwartz: Well you have a Maxine action figure to play with!
You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!
The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.
The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.
I just shot John Lennon.
I was authorized to do everything that I did.
It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about.
Abortion's a private decision. But I just think it shouldn't be federalized.
The Constitution was made for ordinary people.
Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.
Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.
