Tim Bishop (Timothy Howard "Tim" Bishop) Quotes
In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.
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The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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I went through a big Kurt Vonnegut phase. But the writers who made me decide at a very early age that this is probably something I wanted to do were Stephen King and Douglas Adams, when I was probably, like, ten years old.
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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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I come from a poor family, so really, the culture I know best is the street, TV, school.
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Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.
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Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
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There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
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My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange.
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I don't personally do movies for myself and a faction of very cerebral cinephiles - I do it for everybody and wish for the largest amount of people to relish whatever they find they can relish in.
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I'm a firm believer in time. I know a lot of people don't believe in time like I do, but I think time heals and kind of reveals all for me.
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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
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You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.
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The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.
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Brynjolfsson and McAfee take us on a whirlwind tour of innovators and innovations around the world. But this isn't just casual sightseeing. Along the way, they describe how these technological wonders came to be, why they are important, and where they are headed.
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In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.
