If you based your knowledge of the human species exclusively on adverts, you'd think that the normal condition of humanity was to be a good-looking single person between 20 and 35, with excellent muscle-definition and/or an excellent figure, and a large disposable income. Francis Spufford advertbasecondition share on social
Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge. David Cronenberg bearfindforever Change image and share on social
I don't need a sensationalized headline to sell music or to bring attention to my music. It's the music and it's always been about the music. Big Boi attentionbringheadline Change image and share on social
Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern. R. Buckminster Fuller artbestowcareful Change image and share on social
Knowledge and human power are synonymous. Francis Bacon humanknowledgepower Change image and share on social
Call a man 'ignorant,' and you have license to show the world your vast fund of knowledge and wise him up. P. J. O'Rourke callfundignorant Change image and share on social
I first came to cinema as a passionate filmgoer, when I was a child. Then, when I was a very young man, I became a film critic precisely because of my knowledge of cinema. I did better than others because of this. Then I moved on to screenwriting. I wrote a film with Sergio Leone, 'Once Upon a Time in the West.' And then I moved to directing. Dario Argento childcinemacritic share on social
My own special knowledge is about the Abenaki people and, to some degree, my Iroquois neighbors. But whenever I write anything about another tribal nation, I always get a lot of help. Not just from books, but from people who belong to that tribal nation. Joseph Bruchac abenakibelongbook share on social
No pharmaceutical company is making money by selling biological knowledge - they make money by selling chemicals. So getting as much of that knowledge as possible into the efficiency of the Web-commerce world is going to make it faster to find those chemicals. John Wilbanks biologicalchemicalcommerce share on social
One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine that they can always count on their comrades should they need help - that they will never be abandoned. Jon Kyl abandonairmancomrade share on social