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.

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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

• 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

• 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

• Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

  

  Brigham Young
  • May
  • Silence

• I tend to be overly responsible for other people's feelings.

  

  Andrea Riseborough
  • People

• You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?

  

  Kim Cattrall
  • People
  • Women
  • Why

• You want to kill me, don't you? And here I thought you and your friends were so righteous. You are just as capable of evil as anyone. Perhaps more so. Yet you believe your brand of evil is justified, so long as it serves your own misguided purposes." --Saint Dane

  

  D. J. MacHale
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Friends

• Emma wasn't bothered about the fact that I was a 'celebrity', held in high esteem by millions of cricket fans around the world. As far as she was concerned, I was just her dad, and she believed that role should take priority over anything else.

  

  Geoffrey Boycott
  • World
  • She
  • High

• I used to see a lot of cocaine. There were journalists who used cocaine and didn't write about it and I didn't write about it. I would never do drugs, so I would always get the same response from people: "Smart kid, more for me." Whether it was a joke or sincere or both, but I was just happy not to be in there partying with the band like some of these other journalists.

  

  Cameron Crowe
  • People
  • Happy
  • Band

• 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