The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and aspirations, and discoveries, and ideals but it had no logic.
When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term.
Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'
I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their class background. But they're also outsiders in terms of their peer group.
Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own terms.
I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.
We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars.
Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
The U.S. and Israel probably lead the way in terms of venture investment in technologies companies focused on the security paradigm. That is quite encouraging.
Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy.
The most important thing a magazine can do online is maintain its brand and be very strong in terms of delivering on that brand.
most of us can only deny short-term pleasures because we see a realistic path between self-denial now and something better down the road.
I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.
We've tried to build Sequoia Capital with an eye for the long term that we really look for in the companies we like to partner with.
There's a flipside to this; if you as an individual have the right to live on your own terms, you must have the right to both succeed and fail on them.
It's not coincidence that the U.S. is in last place in the world in terms of corporate tax rate. It's because our system is set up to block tax reform.
I don't understand some people, using biblical terms to criticize me when this is just a game.
I suppose subconsciously I was thinking in terms of having the scale of it matching the scale of the images. Hence the sort of string quartet, jazz band and electronic stuff.
It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.
The problem with interest rates are that you are not modeling a single number, you are modeling a whole term structure, so it is a sort of different type of problem.
