A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run.
A virus is not just DNA; a virus is also packaged up, covered over with a series of proteins in a nice, elegant, well-compacted form.
). Dozens of nations have agreed to join in monitoring and, if necessary, intercepting and boarding ships on the high seas in the event they are suspected of engaging in one or both of these threatening activities.
The plate tectonics of media have shifted where NBC had to become a new media company from an old media company.
My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.
That was the era when we might have destroyed Russia completely and not even skinned our elbows doing it.
Hey, I was lucky twice. I know it's three strikes and you're out. I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.
Some might not know that 'What's Happening' was the television version of 'Cooly High.' When I went on the audition, it was an audition for exactly that: the TV version of the movie.
In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.
I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.
There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.
I don't know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.
In general in New York, we all eat like kings. Insane quality, mind-blowing variety, at all price ranges.
I was quite excited, but I was sure I wouldn't win the race. I am a realist.
I will be better in Monte Carlo than I was in Phoenix. If I can't win maybe I will lead 50 laps.
You never cash out a 401(k) or IRA to pay off debt, unless it's to avoid a foreclosure or bankruptcy.
I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.
Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.
Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.
Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.
Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.
