Margaret Millar Quotes

People, alas, are more impressed by statistics than they are by ideas.

Margaret Millar

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• A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.

  

  Talcott Parsons
  • Facts
  • Been
  • Which

• As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • Remember
  • Together
  • Dad

• I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
  • Good
  • Feeling
  • Winning

• Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'

  

  Ueli Gegenschatz
  • Power
  • You
  • Nice

• I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Music
  • Why
  • Know

• Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Thinking
  • Man
  • Pride

• I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Song
  • Fire
  • Red

• Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.

  

  Dan Farmer
  • People
  • Music
  • Problem

• I've never been in an acting class in my life.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Life
  • Acting
  • My Life

• The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.

  

  Yash Chopra
  • Great
  • Love
  • Food

• I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Good
  • Money
  • Fun

• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Great
  • Nothing
  • Enthusiasm

• I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • Love
  • Like
  • Movies

• It was necessary to have an even depth of corn on the top compared to the sides, so the air would not take the easiest route and not evenly dry the stored corn.

  

  Orville Redenbacher
  • Air
  • Take
  • Sides

• I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Night
  • Know
  • Born

• Many people decide to jump from niche to niche, as they cannot find success immediately with the niche that they have chosen for their online business.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • People
  • Business
  • Success

• Within the U.S., you could have argued that most people who watch 'Mad Men' would watch 'House of Cards.' But the viewing is much more on par with the large-scale mainstream things like 'The Walking Dead.' It was much younger than we thought.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • People
  • Men
  • House

• I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole different angle... Rappers are going against each other, and it's more of a bragging, boasting thing.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Music
  • Different
  • Remember

• You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture.

  

  Andrew Greeley
  • Culture
  • Stop
  • Catholic

• Sing with me, sing for the years. Sing for the laughter'n sing for the tears.

  

  Steven Tyler Aerosmith
  • Singing
  • Years
  • Tears

• There's no question young drivers have far more accidents than older ones-but is it our aim to keep them off the roads? Or to allow only rich young people (who can afford the premiums) to drive?

  

  Andrew Tobias
  • People
  • Question

• I once asked Aragon, the historian, how history was written. He said, 'You have to invent it.' When I wish as now to tell of critical incidents, persons, and events that have influenced my life and work, the true answer is all of the incidents were critical, all of the people influenced me, everything that happened and that is still happening influences me.

  

  John Cage
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not caring about you, they're caring about the character.

  

  Freddie Highmore
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Character

• People, alas, are more impressed by statistics than they are by ideas.

  

  Margaret Millar
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Statistics