I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.
Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.
We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And they've got computers, too, which is awesome. They're scary to me.
When you travel around Moscow, you can see almost every car is using a smartphone where they can see what's ahead of them.
Death frames the high wire. But I don't see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.
What we do in the laboratory is we try to design drugs that will not just eradicate cancer cells but will eradicate their homes.
International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.
The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.
'Lovelace' was really great. I got to work with the wonderful Amanda Seyfried, Hank Azaria and Peter Sarsgaard, so it can't get no better than that, right?
I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.
Making money is a happiness. And that's a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness.
It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.
Having women on boards is good for women, good for the economy and good for society. A win-win-win outcome: how rare.
From the test situations which were used to reveal fears, it was found that Peter showed even more marked fear responses to the rabbit than to the rat.
There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is the Brazil of today's politicians. He has obviously achieved nothing.
It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.
It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you're doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow.
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics.
