Noam Chomsky Quotes

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.

Noam Chomsky

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• Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Done
  • Sun
  • Influence

• The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.

  

  Larry King
  • Money
  • America
  • Support

• Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Giving

• I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • Writing
  • Know
  • Authenticity

• Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Car
  • Better
  • Exercise

• Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great.

  

  Nafisa Joseph
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• I don't like to leave anything unfinished on my desk before I travel.

  

  Vijay Mallya
  • Travel
  • Leave
  • Desk

• Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Food

• You go through the gate. If the gate’s closed you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we’ll pole-vault. If that doesn’t work, we’ll parachute in. But we are going to get health care reform passed for the American people.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • People
  • Work
  • American

• I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Real
  • Job

• Fear arises sooner than anything else.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Fear

• 9/11 was a sort of hinge event in American history, and all jihadi terrorist plots or attacks are kind of filtered through that lens.

  

  Peter Bergen
  • American
  • History

• It is one thing to see your friend dance around a table when she's 25, quite another thing to see her doing it when she's 62.

  

  Elizabeth Berg
  • She
  • Friend
  • Dance

• I came to success very late in life.

  

  Kelly Masterson
  • Life
  • Success

• Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements.

  

  Chauncey Wright
  • High
  • Confidence

• 4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth.

  

  Christopher Poole
  • People
  • Important
  • Success

• Dentists seem to me very orderly, businesslike people who appear to become somewhat bored with the routine of their work after a period of time. Perhaps I'm wrong.

  

  Paul Theroux
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• I've always been such a loser with my organisation skills. That has always been one of my sad stand-out points.

  

  Ella Woodward
  • Sad

• The 'Mahabharata' is a more complex and longer saga than the 'Ramayana,' which is like a fairy tale. It's much lighter and more fun, and at its heart, there's a cracking love story.

  

  David Farr
  • Heart
  • Fun

• To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.

  

  Alexander Haig
  • War
  • Democracy
  • Cold

• Democracy, in its best state, is but the politics of Bedlam; while kept chained, its thoughts are frantic, but when it breaks loose, it kills the keeper, fires the building, and perishes.

  

  Fisher Ames
  • Democracy
  • Fire
  • Politics

• We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party.

  

  Jim Walton
  • Great
  • Party
  • Exercise

• Your life is a reflection of how you think.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Think
  • Reflection

• In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.

  

  Noam Chomsky
  • Freedom
  • Democracy
  • Survival