Nick Baylis Quotes

It's not our past which most determines the possibilities open to us, it's what we choose here and now to make happen in our present and future.

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• Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.

  

  Randy Neugebauer
  • Man
  • Marriage
  • Woman

• How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Law
  • Action
  • Fast

• I do not cook.

  

  Edie Falco
  • Cook

• My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Work
  • Inspiration
  • Musicians

• I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.

  

  Jackee Harry
  • Bad
  • Sometimes
  • Try

• I usually try to eat in my restaurants before I fly, as I'd rather sleep on the plane and just order a salad with cheese, maybe some ice cream.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Sleep
  • Fly
  • Ice Cream

• The mentality we have in India is not very sporting.

  

  Mahesh Bhupathi
  • Very
  • India
  • Mentality

• Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Deep
  • Down
  • Very

• A bad peace is even worse than war.

  

  Tacitus
  • War
  • Bad
  • Peace

• I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.

  

  Karen O
  • Anymore
  • Self-destructive

• Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER!

  

  Omar Torrijos Herrera
  • Up
  • Never
  • Find

• The danger of a closed mind is that it can also leave good things like love, compassion and reason on its outside.

  

  Lennox Lewis
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Compassion

• Man brings all things to the test of himself, and this is notably true of lightning.

  

  Aldo Leopold
  • True

• One of the banes of successful innovation is that companies may be so committed to innovation that they will give the innovators a lot of money to spend.

  

  Clayton Christensen
  • Money
  • May
  • Innovation

• I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

  

  Colman Domingo
  • Work
  • Done
  • Happy

• Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is.

  

  Chris Abani
  • Men
  • Women
  • Simple

• While one can't always begrudge the wealth of people who have at least produced something of value, the rich of the financial world don't make anything but more money. They're not creative, aside from, perhaps, in accounting.

  

  Lionel Shriver
  • People
  • World
  • Money

• Repression is the enemy of civilization - so keep dreaming, because the dreams we dream today will provide the love, the compassion, and the humanity that will narrate the stories of our lives tomorrow.

  

  Marc Platt
  • Today
  • Dream
  • Humanity

• I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression.

  

  Deborah Cox
  • Great
  • Different
  • Song

• It's all love or sex these days. Friendship is almost as quaint and outdated a notion as chastity. Soon friends will be like the elves and the pixies - fabulous mythical creatures from a distant past.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Friends
  • Past
  • Sex

• For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon. This mission will inspire countries of the world, citizens, our youth.

  

  Eric C. Anderson
  • Time
  • World
  • History

• But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.

  

  Debbie Harry Blondie
  • Good
  • Humanity

• It's not our past which most determines the possibilities open to us, it's what we choose here and now to make happen in our present and future.

  

  Nick Baylis
  • Past
  • Happen
  • Possibilities