Adam Curtis Quotes
There are two - parallel - universes of science. One is the actual day-to-day work of scientists, patiently researching into all parts of the world and sometimes making amazing discoveries. The other is the role science plays in the public imagination - the powerful effect it has in shaping how millions of ordinary people see the world.
Quotes to Explore
-
Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
-
One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
-
The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power.
-
Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
-
'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
-
I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
-
Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
-
My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
-
I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.
-
We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.
-
In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
-
I think it was much better when you got on your horse and rode two miles to talk to your neighbor.
-
I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the last thirty or forty years that my book deals with, I think we are in better shape now than we would have been if all of those cases had not come down.
-
I hate birthdays.
-
No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.
-
Men are my bread and butter. It's what I live for! I have no shame about that.
-
Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.
-
If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.
-
America's parenting customs can shock foreigners.
-
The importance is getting to something truthful and in that moment can only be in that moment. I don't like to use the word "improvise," but it's a continual writing of the film.
-
Ultimately, the problem is that sex is perceived as a personal, intimate thing, not in the realm of science. But that's not true. It's physiology; it's anatomy. It deserves to be studied.
-
I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.
-
The old model of the industry was founded largely upon business folk trying to make money off artists. At EMP, we let the music make the money, not the other way around. We have flipped the model to make the artistry be at the forefront of everything we do. Music makes the business and that's what makes it work.
-
There are two - parallel - universes of science. One is the actual day-to-day work of scientists, patiently researching into all parts of the world and sometimes making amazing discoveries. The other is the role science plays in the public imagination - the powerful effect it has in shaping how millions of ordinary people see the world.
