W. Daniel Hillis Quotes

When I say things like "I want to build a machine that can be proud of me," that's not just a joke.

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• We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'

  

  Valentina Zelyaeva
  • People
  • Work
  • She

• You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Work
  • Nature
  • Doing

• The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Soul
  • Spirit
  • Blood

• I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Writing
  • Voice
  • Because

• 'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, 'Let's try to make a story about it.'

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Mind
  • Day
  • Myself

• I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Why
  • Success
  • Day

• It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Character
  • Difficult
  • Over

• I don't talk in ifs.

  

  Abdurrahman Wahid
  • Talk
  • Ifs

• Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.

  

  H. R. McMaster
  • People
  • Think
  • Environment

• I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa.

  

  Sammy Hagar Van Halen
  • Kids
  • Myself
  • Like

• Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.

  

  Daniel Clowes
  • Book
  • Rather
  • Million

• Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.

  

  Dan Quisenberry
  • Fear
  • Nothing
  • Losing

• In any authoritarian society, the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside, he will come after you. This is equally true of Sovietism, of China and of Iran, and in our time it has happened a lot in Islam. The point is that it's worse when the authoritarianism is supported by something supernatural.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Time
  • Power
  • True

• Say something personal, not from a publicist.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Something
  • Say
  • Personal

• Being a father makes everything in the world make sense.

  

  Cameron Mathison
  • World
  • Father
  • Everything

• Scotland is the Canada of England!

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • England
  • Canada
  • Scotland

• You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching.

  

  Imelda May
  • Life
  • Fun
  • Change

• I would like to promote internal change in Iran - which is more likely if we don't fuse Iranian nationalism with Iranian fundamentalism.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Change
  • Iran
  • Nationalism

• There are instances where you're in a space with someone who has been extraordinarily successful, and they don't necessarily connect with you as another person. You can be a prop for them to deliver their stuff, and you're just another element in the scene.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • You
  • Space
  • Successful

• It would be impossible to overstate the appreciation that we on the crew feel for your dedication and the quality of your work.

  

  Neil Armstrong
  • Work
  • Quality
  • Appreciation

• We're feminists. We're doing something that only guys are expected to do and doin' it right! At our concerts we'll do one hard-core rap song and then do one where we'll be real sexy.

  

  Cheryl James
  • Real
  • Song
  • Rap

• Souls of Poets dead and gone,What Elysium have ye known,Happy field or mossy cavern,Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?

  

  John Keats
  • Happy
  • Mermaid

• You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Life
  • Know

• When I say things like "I want to build a machine that can be proud of me," that's not just a joke.

  

  W. Daniel Hillis
  • Proud
  • Say
  • Build