An enormous amount of scientific language is metaphorical. We talk about a genetic code, where code originally meant a cipher; we talk about the solar system model of the atom as though the atom were like a sun and moon and planets.
The Tax Code today is more complicated than ever, and the very people on the Republican side who denounce the Tax Code's complexity are the ones that put together what they now call a convoluted monstrosity. They put it into effect.
Darth Vader: Do they have a code clearance? Admiral Piett: It's an older code, sir, but it checks out. I was about to clear them.
And although cars and motorcycles zipped around, all he saw was the girl coming toward him like a scene in a movie.
Zip it kiddo. Don't ever admit you know a thing about cooking or it'll be used against you later in life.
I want to design sleeveless jackets for armless men. I'm still trying to work out how they would zip it up though.
The reality is that SXSW is packed with brilliant entrepreneurs, investors and partners. They're everywhere, zipping back and forth like thousands of atoms. Your chances of colliding with one actually improve just by standing still.
The young people look great on television. They're youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven't got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so.
Paul Taylor's 'Offenbach Overtures' has lots of zip and charm, and its pair of dueling soldiers in red, who end up starry-eyed about each other while their disgusted seconds take up the quarrel, is nonstop funny.
It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.
When the peace in not inside, we seek it outside. When the peace is not outside, we turn inside. Whether there is internal peace or an internal storm, it spirals outward to everyone you see and everything you touch.
Our laws are like the software that runs our country. All the laws for a country, together, are called its legal code, just like computer software is written using code.
I mean, imagine how some unfortunate Master Criminal would feel, on coming down to do a murder at the old Grange, if he found that not only was Sherlock Holmes putting in the weekend there, but Hercule Poirot, as well." ~ Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Self-pity never leads to happiness. Remind yourself that the situation may not be ideal, but it’s rarely the worst that could ever happen.
There is a big difference between being self-ist and being selfish— putting yourself first doesn’t mean you have to put everyone else last.
Most people are fine with fine and okay with okay. If you want to be the best you can be, make sure you’re not.
When you decide to be the best you can be, don’t be surprised if the circle of people you want to spend your time with becomes smaller.
Being the best you can be takes courage. You need to own your decisions and have the courage to see them through.
Unless you have the courage to say ‘no’ to the things you don’t want, it’s hard to say ‘yes’ to the things that you do want.
Having a poverty mentality leaves you focusing on all the things you don’t have, when in reality you probably already have everything you need.
The only way to get an understanding of the true wealth in your life is to acknowledge all the things you have to be grateful for.
