James Surowiecki Quotes

The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.

James Surowiecki

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• In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion. From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • World
  • Job
  • Opinion

• Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.

  

  Feng Zhang
  • Light
  • Control
  • Brain

• People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'

  

  Foster Friess
  • People
  • You
  • Say

• Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Movie

• From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.

  

  Gavin O'Connor
  • Up
  • Parents
  • Dad

• Never judge a person if you don't know him.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • You
  • Know
  • Judge

• The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Fight
  • Values
  • Terrorism

• To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.

  

  Natan Sharansky
  • Why
  • Nature
  • Peace

• As soon as someone finds out something you're insecure about or that bothers you, they will use that against you, which is awful.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • You
  • Will
  • Someone

• The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • Morning
  • Easy
  • New York

• I'll always be into sports. Sports is part of my life forever. My TV stays on ESPN all day long, I'm one of those. I don't even listen to music in the car; all I listen to is sports talk.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Life
  • Music
  • Long

• A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
  • Culture
  • Without
  • Mythology

• I remember when TiVO first came out I was all about TiVo. I came home and that thing was frozen, and I thought 'This is awful. This is the end of the world'. Then I unplugged it, and I plugged it back in, and still frozen. It was paralyzing. I called them. They said, 'Just unplug it longer.' Fixed. But it also taught me I'm an addict.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • World
  • Home
  • Remember

• I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Believe
  • Style
  • Hunting

• I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.

  

  Malcolm X
  • People
  • Believe
  • Oppression

• When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?

  

  Sam Levenson
  • Father
  • Want
  • Problem

• I love the produce section at the grocery store.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Produce
  • Store
  • Grocery

• I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.

  

  Ed Koch
  • People
  • Care
  • Thought

• The visual impact of the stupa on the observer brings a direct experience of inherent wakefulness and dignity. Stupas continue to be built because of their ability to liberate one simply upon seeing their structure.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Experience
  • Structure
  • Stupa

• So we need the same strategy, we need young, aggressive judges to be appointed, and that's what the President has done, but getting them through is the challenge.

  

  Jay Alan Sekulow
  • Done
  • Challenge

• It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit.

  

  Janet Napolitano
  • Technology
  • Environment

• Better hide the wine and get it gone. Oh, I better hide every one of them records that turn me on (lock ‘um up, lock ‘um up). Turn up the lights and kill the mood, oh, ’cause, baby, I just don’t trust myself with you. I better hide the wine.

  

  Carly Pearce
  • Myself
  • Trust
  • Wine

• Absolute faith is not the place of self-affirmation, but the place of self-negation. Life of faith is not limited to our spiritual life. What is important is how our spiritual sensitivity is applied to our relative environment.

  

  Sun Myung Moon
  • Important
  • Environment
  • Spiritual

• The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.

  

  James Surowiecki
  • Trust
  • Environment
  • Challenge