Bernard Crick Quotes

If, of course, one builds into the concept of an 'individual' all that Professor Hayek does in his Road To Serfdom, Individualism and Economic Order and many other works, which is, to put it briefly, the whole of laisser-faire economic theory, then plainly man as such a programmed predator has very little interest in being fraternal, or very little chance.

Bernard Crick

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• Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.

  

  Karin Fossum
  • Chance
  • Mankind
  • Given

• For a deeper interest in the Moon than I ever felt before.

  

  Warren De la Rue
  • Moon
  • Interest
  • Deeper

• I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.

  

  Victor Webster
  • Time
  • Good
  • Chance

• When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • Picture
  • Doubt

• It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
  • Die
  • Chance
  • Finding

• Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage.

  

  Harold Prince
  • Bad
  • Courage
  • Chance

• 'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.

  

  Randy Couture
  • Chance
  • Fight
  • Talent

• Winning the NFC championship affords you a chance at the next opportunity.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Opportunity
  • Winning
  • Chance

• If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Men
  • Women
  • Chance

• If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Chance
  • Same
  • Leader

• I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

  

  Ted Shackelford
  • Writing
  • Interest
  • Directing

• Aereo is the first potentially transformative technology that has the chance to give people access to broadcast television delivered over the Internet to any device, large or small, they desire. No wires, no new boxes or remotes, portable everywhere there's an Internet connection in the world - truly a revolutionary product.

  

  Barry Diller
  • People
  • World
  • Small

• We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Change
  • Chance
  • Changes

• Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Great
  • Opportunity
  • Chance

• Very few persons go through life without at least one big chance. The fact that so many do not grasp it is due more often to fear than to any other one thing.

  

  Vash Young
  • Life
  • Fear
  • Chance

• I'm not a Luddite at all. I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, 'Oh, this fix works for me. But the rest don't.' I'm not genuflecting in front of the God of Newness.

  

  Carl Honore
  • God
  • Think
  • Works

• Sanctions did indeed help to bring Iran to the negotiating table. But sanctions did not stop the advance of Iran's nuclear program. Negotiations have done that, and it is in our interest not to deny ourselves the chance to achieve a long-term, comprehensive solution that would deny Iran a nuclear weapon.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Long
  • Done
  • Help

• I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

  

  Kara Walker
  • Work
  • Feeling
  • Interest

• I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it?

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Why
  • Want
  • Me

• Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer to gain from economic progress. It ensures that all advantages which result from higher productivity may eventually be enjoyed.

  

  Ludwig Erhard
  • People
  • May
  • Alone

• When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.

  

  Jostein Gaarder
  • Eye
  • Moon
  • Movement

• Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado.

  

  Brandon Mull
  • Confidence
  • Fools
  • Simpleton

• If, of course, one builds into the concept of an 'individual' all that Professor Hayek does in his Road To Serfdom, Individualism and Economic Order and many other works, which is, to put it briefly, the whole of laisser-faire economic theory, then plainly man as such a programmed predator has very little interest in being fraternal, or very little chance.

  

  Bernard Crick
  • Chance
  • Interest
  • Works