Gersonides Quotes
Because the true perfection of a practical occupation consists not only in knowing the actual performance of the occupation but also in its explanation, why the work is done a in a particular way, and because the art of calculating is a practical occupation, it is clear that it is pertinent to concern oneself with the theory.
Quotes to Explore
-
The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.
-
A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.
-
Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
-
I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australia. Kalgoorlie was a gold rush town which sprang up in the desert after the Irishman Paddy Hannan struck gold there in 1892.
-
Actually, 'Die Hard' was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. When I was a newborn, my parents were going stir-crazy in the house, and they put me in the bassinet, and I slept through 'Die Hard' in the theater as an infant.
-
I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
-
When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else.
-
Life is ruthless, and its bestowal of fortune arbitrary and capricious. I'd been born to morons, and mine was a shabby life.
-
You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That's all I want. That's all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.
-
I think 'Heroine' was Kareena Kapoor's best ever role of her career.
-
I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore.
-
Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.
-
When God writes our names in the 'Lamb's Book of Life' He doesn't do it with an eraser handy. He does it for eternity.
-
Some quirk in human nature allows even the most unspeakable acts of evil to become banal within minutes, provided that they occur far enough away to pose no personal threat.
-
I worked with him for years. I still think Kanye [West] is one of the most important people in music in the last ten years.
-
When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
-
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
-
The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.
-
The light in Alaska in particular is so beautiful. So beautiful! Such incredible light.
-
And all my mother came into mine eyes And gave me up to tears.
-
Because the true perfection of a practical occupation consists not only in knowing the actual performance of the occupation but also in its explanation, why the work is done a in a particular way, and because the art of calculating is a practical occupation, it is clear that it is pertinent to concern oneself with the theory.
