Jacque Fresco Quotes

I don't believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men standing on the shoulders of other men and what they have done.

Jacque Fresco

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• I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.

  

  J. R. Martinez
  • Life
  • Important
  • Challenge

• To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
  • Singer
  • Heritage
  • Wales

• The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • School
  • Word
  • Performance

• In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • People
  • World
  • Peace

• Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Black
  • Popular
  • New

• My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.

  

  Fortune Feimster
  • Grandmother
  • Characters
  • Manners

• The simpler I keep things, the better I play.

  

  Nancy Lopez
  • Play
  • Things
  • Better

• Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Rocket
  • Scrutiny
  • Abroad

• Nobody really believes in equality anyway.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Equality
  • Nobody
  • Anyway

• We who curate our Twitter feeds and Facebook walls understand that at least part of what we're doing publicly, 'like'-ing what we like, is trying to separate ourselves from the herd.

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • Trying
  • Doing
  • Understand

• Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Real
  • Opportunity
  • Fashion

• By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • Fear
  • Adversity
  • Greatest

• Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.

  

  Cara Castronuova
  • Idea
  • Boxing
  • Ring

• I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • People
  • Day
  • Betrayal

• That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Way
  • Path
  • Reach

• I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.

  

  Randy Quaid
  • Play
  • Crazy
  • Actor

• It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

  

  Mae West
  • Long
  • Laws
  • Now And Then

• As is the case for many people with multiple sclerosis, the effects of weakened limbs, spasticity and fatigue had cut my working life in half. Yet not a single GP, neurologist or nurse, and none of the MS websites, had mentioned the use of neuroenhancers for the treatment of neurological fatigue.

  

  M. J. Hyland
  • People
  • Life
  • Single

• Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community. And a senior member of the community was expected to do something about it.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Community

• I prayed every day for him. I believe in the good Lord, and my prayers were answered, as well as the prayers of everybody else.

  

  Nicko McBrain Iron Maiden
  • I Believe
  • Lord
  • Prayers

• Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Truth
  • History
  • Story

• I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or 'convulsive' beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.

  

  Jeff Vandermeer
  • Believe
  • Service

• I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.

  

  A. C. Benson
  • Believe

• I don't believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men standing on the shoulders of other men and what they have done.

  

  Jacque Fresco
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Men