Laurie Anderson Quotes

You know the reason I love the stars is because we can't hurt them: we can't burn them, we can't melt them , we can't make them overflow, we can't flood them or burn them up—so we keep reacing for them

Laurie Anderson

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• Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Space
  • Need
  • Save

• The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.

  

  Lance Armstrong
  • You
  • Get
  • Greedy

• We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Business
  • Action
  • Technology

• I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Sound
  • Classic
  • Describe

• To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Business
  • Know
  • Succeed

• There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Years
  • Evidence
  • Over

• Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Up
  • Girl
  • Growing

• The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Success
  • Always
  • Policy

• A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Truth
  • Will
  • Compass

• My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.

  

  Gary Becker
  • Work
  • Men
  • Different

• I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Live
  • Networking

• My sister and I had jointly heard the narration of 'Revolver Rani' in Tigmanshu Dhulia's office. After hearing the narration, my sister was very scared and adamant that I should not do this film, as my character was twisted, neurotic, violent and abusive.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Character
  • Sister
  • Office

• If you don't have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you don't take people out and let them say, they went home to spend more time with the family. It's crazy.

  

  Jack Welch
  • People
  • Time
  • Family

• Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.

  

  Abbie Cornish
  • Thinking
  • Future
  • Positive

• I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.

  

  Jackson Pollock
  • Work
  • Painting
  • Color

• And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Opportunity
  • Luck
  • Preparation

• But I wasn’t quite sure how to spell ‘ Cartaud, and I found listings for Cartau, Cartaud , Cartault , Cartaux, Carteau, Carteaud, Carteaux, (34 )

  

  Patrick Modiano

• Some of life's best lessons are learned at the worst times.

  

  Ani DiFranco
  • Life

• The web is democratising and also the voice of people who don't think they have another outlet. And that voice can be punitive.

  

  Mary Beard
  • People

• Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south? Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed.

  

  Pablo Neruda
  • Writing
  • Remember
  • Stars

• I love being naked. I do everything in the nude, even the gardening! We're Cuban, and it's a hot island. Why not?

  

  Eva Mendes
  • I Love
  • Gardening
  • Being naked

• I have a really hard time finding good denim.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Time
  • Good
  • Finding

• The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.

  

  Ted Allen
  • Great
  • Job
  • Me

• You know the reason I love the stars is because we can't hurt them: we can't burn them, we can't melt them , we can't make them overflow, we can't flood them or burn them up—so we keep reacing for them

  

  Laurie Anderson
  • Hurt
  • Stars
  • I Love