Pierre Omidyar Quotes
I had the notion that, OK, so now we have all of this wealth, we could buy not only one expensive car, we could buy all of them. As soon as you realize that you could buy all of them, then none of them are particularly interesting or satisfying.Pierre Omidyar
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A lot of people, even if they know what VR is, see it as this tool to go in your basement and play Halo.
Palmer Luckey -
The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
Dan Deacon -
I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
Karen Salmansohn -
For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
Taylor Swift -
The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
Ted Nelson -
I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
Abbi Jacobson
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My grandfather allowed as how I might even live long enough to see a Mars landing. I haven't, of course, except in fiction, including my own, and strongly doubt that I ever will.
Pamela Sargent -
I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
Oscar Niemeyer -
Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
Paracelsus -
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
Irwin Shaw -
I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
Kai Ryssdal -
Is it really true that religion makes people more kindly, generous, or loving? History tends to disprove this. The worst wars, the most vicious Inquisitions, the cruelest pogroms and persecutions, were both fomented and supported by religion.
Barbara G. Walker
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
Ice T -
One of the saddest things I've seen in Amazonian cultures is people who were self-sufficient and happy that now think of themselves as poor and become dissatisfied with their lives. What worries me is outsiders trying to impose their values and materialism on the Piraha.
Daniel Everett -
Part of any solution to get our economy going should include steps to free up our small businesses by peeling back unnecessarily burdensome regulations, ending the continual threats of tax hikes, and addressing the cloud of federal debt that hangs over our economy.
Sam Graves -
Having principled men and women in office is how you protect yourself from tyranny, and that was something I learned from when I was 2, 3, 5 years old.
Ted Cruz -
L.A.'s always been good to me.
Raekwon -
I continued to suffer from anxiety and obsessive thoughts, although the thoughts stopped centering on hell. I moved into an ashram called the Himalayan Institute after college and studied meditation, which made an enormous difference.
Maggie Rowe
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I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.
Jim Lehrer -
Things that happen in Wyoming are things that wouldn't happen in a big city - we've got bears, we've got a lot of shotguns - in Absaroka County, everybody's got a shotgun in the back of their car!
Katee Sackhoff -
You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.
Andre Agassi -
Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
John Maynard Keynes -
I had the notion that, OK, so now we have all of this wealth, we could buy not only one expensive car, we could buy all of them. As soon as you realize that you could buy all of them, then none of them are particularly interesting or satisfying.
Pierre Omidyar