Ramez Naam Quotes
In the end, our minds and their ability to create new ideas are the ultimate source of all human wealth. That's a resource nearly without limit.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
-
It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
-
I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
-
Anything you're interested in the world - whether it be Charlie Rose or JetBlue or a public figure or your local coffee shop - they're on Twitter and broadcasting what is interesting to them.
-
It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
-
I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor.
-
I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
-
If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don't like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth.
-
If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
-
My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
-
Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is the process of establishing the character of Christ in the person. That's all it is.
-
I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
-
I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
-
I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
-
A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most.
-
The poor and minorities are disproportionately both crime's perpetrators and its victims. People are saddened when this happens but not surprised.
-
But eventually it is a game of cricket.
-
My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.
-
I have to go through auditions, and my surname has got me into rooms, but I'll never know if it gets me any jobs. There's a lot of sexism and objectification, and a lot of people put you down.
-
Originality is dangerous.
-
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.
-
Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
-
In the end, our minds and their ability to create new ideas are the ultimate source of all human wealth. That's a resource nearly without limit.
