I am cynical about politicians. My experience of politicians has been thoroughly negative. I have found that politicians are people that can not be taken at face value. There are very few politicians I have been impressed with. Zac Goldsmith cynicalexperienceface share on social
For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the edges of human experience, to the edges of themselves and then, asking certain questions - about love, what does it mean to love? What's beauty? What is true beauty? Ted Dekker beautycharacterdiscover share on social
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one. Hannah Arendt crucialentitleexperience Change image and share on social
In my experience, people are usually fired for reasons having to do with budgetary constraints, incompetence or not fulfilling the terms of a contract. Michael Shermer budgetaryconstraintcontract Change image and share on social
Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience - or the metaphoric experience that allows them to see human continuity as opposed to total threat, total willingness to do violence. Stanley Crouch bringcontinuityexperience share on social
Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important. Megan Smith codecorecountry Change image and share on social
Basically, if you want to have a computer system that could pass the Turing test, it as a machine is going to have to be able to self-reference and use its own experience and the sense data that it's taking in to basically create its own understanding of the world and use that as a reference point for all new sense data that's coming in to it. Duncan Jones basicallycomecomputer share on social
While there's no substitute for real experience, I believe it helps to hear and share stories of resourcefulness in action - almost like case studies in school. Scott Weiss actioncaseexperience Change image and share on social
I'd spent 25 years in government when I left the Defense Department back in '93, decided I'd go spend the rest of my career in the private sector, and then the president tapped me to come be his running mate. And it's been a remarkable experience. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Dick Cheney backcareerdecide share on social
I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously am - that was - every one of those was just a tremendous experience. I'm very comfortable with what I did and why I did it and how I did it. And I'll let others judge whether they liked it or not. Dick Cheney chiefcomfortablecongressman share on social