Ramez Naam Quotes

A new idea - whether it's a way to collect solar energy more efficiently or a cheaper way to desalinate sea water or a new seed to boost the amount of food we can grow - can stretch the physical resources we have, or even multiply them. And the ideas themselves don't ever wear out.

Ramez Naam

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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Oscar Wilde
- People
- Wise
- Contradict
I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'

Viggo Mortensen
- Book
- Sometimes
- Stubborn
I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It's a little different. The first couple of episodes are really about wrapping your head around this world. I love 'Grey's Anatomy,' but I think it's the same kind of concept: You just get lost in this world, and you believe what they're setting up.

Magda Apanowicz
- World
- Believe
- Think
I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.

Frances O'Connor
- Thought
- Passionate
- WIld
I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

Larry Niven
- Looking
- Got
- Six
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.

E. B. White