All Quotes

As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: 'Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened' is one of the funniest lines in any film.
‐‐ Richard Ayoade

As in many other industries, the luxury fashion consumer increasingly desires to put a personal stamp on important purchases.
‐‐ Aslaug Magnusdottir

As in nature, all is ebb and tide, all is wave motion, so it seems that in all branches of industry, alternating currents - electric wave motion - will have the sway.
‐‐ Nikola Tesla

As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster.
‐‐ Thomas Guthrie

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.
‐‐ Mark McKinnon

As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political purposes no matter what censorship proponents claim to the contrary.
‐‐ Rebecca MacKinnon

As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook.
‐‐ Joseph Conrad

As in the Divine Right of Kings, hierarchies invest those who preside at the top of their pyramidal structure with absolute power to rule over the lesser ranks that spread down like a marble staircase to the broad foundation stones of those with no power at all.
‐‐ Eugene Kennedy

As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.
‐‐ Pankaj Mishra

As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.
‐‐ John C. Hawkes

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed.
‐‐ James Allen

As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.
‐‐ James Forrestal

As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other assets. The income from these assets is now concentrating even faster than income from work.
‐‐ Robert Reich

As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
‐‐ Ira Sachs

As Indian women, we are always balancing work, life, home, etc. It's important to know that while juggling rubber balls and glass balls, the former may bounce back when you miss, but the glass balls will crack if you let them fall. So prioritise, prioritise, prioritise.
‐‐ Nita Ambani

As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.'
‐‐ Evan Bayh

As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring India its next golden age.
‐‐ Pranab Mukherjee

As individual people, embedded in our daily lives, of course we're interested in what makes one person different from another. We've got to hire one person and not another, marry one person and not another.
‐‐ Steven Pinker

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves.
‐‐ Daniel J. Boorstin

As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.
‐‐ Steve Jobs

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates.
‐‐ Helen Dunmore

As individuals, we have very little say about how our data is being used. I'm not worried about the privacy implications of it so much. But it seems to me that, as an individual, if I'm the one generating the data, I should have some kind of say in how it's going to be used.
‐‐ Rick Smolan

As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.
‐‐ Rahm Emanuel

As information technology restructures the work situation, it abstracts thought from action.
‐‐ Shoshana Zuboff

As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is called the inner sense because it is inside. But the distinction between inner and outer is only with reference to the body; in truth, there is neither inner nor outer. The mind's nature is to remain pure like ether.
‐‐ Ramana Maharshi

As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world.
‐‐ David Puttnam

As intense as our work is, I try my hardest to live my life so that people in my office feel they can work at 'Frontline' and be parents if they choose to. This goes for the men as well.
‐‐ Raney Aronson-Rath

As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.
‐‐ George Crumb

As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world.
‐‐ Noam Chomsky

As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
‐‐ Barry Ritholtz

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
‐‐ Antisthenes

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
‐‐ King Solomon

As Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a 'singularity.'
‐‐ Stephen Hawking

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
‐‐ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

As is always the way with pancakes, the first hotcake to come out of the pan will probably be a bit misshapen. Just scoff it, and carry on with the rest.
‐‐ Yotam Ottolenghi

As is known, it is in the realm of experience inaugurated by psychoanalysis that we may grasp along what imaginary lines the human organism, in the most intimate recesses of its being, manifests its capture in a symbolic dimension.
‐‐ Jacques Lacan

As is known, the sugar molecule as it passes through lactic acid can easily be split by purely chemical means.
‐‐ Eduard Buchner

As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.
‐‐ Chester A. Arthur

As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see China as an inevitable enemy that must be contained; on the other hand, there are those who see China as a slowly developing democracy that can be embraced.
‐‐ Dennis C. Blair

As is said about most writers, on the one hand, all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing. On the other hand, the more I read, the more I felt this well-known fissure between me and the world.
‐‐ Elfriede Jelinek

As is the case for many people with multiple sclerosis, the effects of weakened limbs, spasticity and fatigue had cut my working life in half. Yet not a single GP, neurologist or nurse, and none of the MS websites, had mentioned the use of neuroenhancers for the treatment of neurological fatigue.
‐‐ M. J. Hyland

As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.
‐‐ Leon Krier

As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day.
‐‐ Ginny Brown-Waite

As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusations of Communist taint, without factual basis; bogus lists of supposed Communists who never existed; failure in the end to produce even one provable Communist or Soviet agent, despite his myriad charges of subversion.
‐‐ M. Stanton Evans

As Israel prepares to enter, my position is well known. It is one that I have taken at previous Olympics. It is wrong that the IOC refuses to have a minute's silence for Israeli athletes that were slaughtered in Munich.
‐‐ Brian Williams

As it became clear that Senator Rubio was likely to run for president, I received encouragement to consider running for the Senate.
‐‐ Ron DeSantis

As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.
‐‐ Yani Tseng

As it defines itself, every society defines other societies. That definition almost always takes the form of a condemnation: the 'other' is the barbarian.
‐‐ Octavio Paz

As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey?
‐‐ Eddie Condon

As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made.
‐‐ Richard Barnfield