Waiting is so unusual that many of us can't stand in a queue for 30 seconds without getting out our phones to check for messages or to Google something.
My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic.
What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that.
I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.
If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.
If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.
If you stand with the Customs and Border Protection officers who staff the passport booths at Dulles airport near the nation's capital, their task seems daunting.
One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre.
I just find 'Scooby-Doo' unwatchable. I can't stand it. I like all those other Hanna-Barbera shows about a thousand times more than 'Scooby-Doo.'
Belief is just the place of understanding you are at the moment. Without an open mind, you will be standing in that one spot forever.
If fruit juices or sugar solutions are left to stand in the open air, they show after a few days the processes which are covered by the name of fermentation phenomena.
In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us.
What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.
For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well.
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.
Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.
The emergent movement is creating a mushiness to the thinking patterns in Christianity today. It's like we really can't stand for anything.
Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you know almost nothing about him.
Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.
