Harry S Truman Quotes
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.
Quotes to Explore
-
On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
-
Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
-
I try to do my best.
-
The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
-
Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.
-
I think when I first started cycling, it wasn't that popular with kids. I felt almost embarrassed going down the road on my road bike; I didn't want my friends to see me because it was embarrassing.
-
In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.
-
But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
-
Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
-
It's not all silliness, as interactive SXSW is filled with aggressive learning, discussing, and a whole lot of futurizing.
-
I'm one of the best condensers in the business.
-
In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.
-
South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.
-
Introductions are always weird for me because my name is Hari and it's constantly mispronounced . 'Hurry', 'Hairy' – there are different ways to screw it up, and it leads to these awkward conversations.
-
I just do these 'Sleep' type tracks when the situation presents itself. I never set out to do them, like wait all day until I'm really tired or something. Gotta come natural.
-
When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
-
But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous.
-
The brain is a muscle, and I'm a kind of body-builder.
-
In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.
-
We can be completely ignorant about how or why something works and yet still relish the results.
-
What free-market economists are not telling us is that the politics they want to get rid of are none other than those of democracy itself. When they say we need to insulate economic policies from politics, they are in effect advocating the castration of democracy.
-
What I'm getting at is, you know, if we really want to get serious about helping all the people living in the street and getting people jobs, we could just hire half the people in the country to spy on the other half.
-
Chinese people as consumers, while they've always valued food and beverage for the health food qualities, they are also now wanting it in terms of other values: 'Does this speak about my position in society? Am I now middle-class, and does this matter to me?'
-
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.
