Burton RichterTechnology In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me. – Burton Richter Chemistry Quotes Convinced Quotes Entered Quotes Institute Quotes Massachusetts Quotes Physics Quotes Studies Quotes Technology Quotes Undecided Quotes The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world. If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don’t understand the problems and you don’t understand the technology.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb When you ask people, ‘What’s the opposite of fragile?,’ they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That’s not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sydney Pollack I will not ever say that it’s good to start with too little preparation, because that’s patently not true. But I don’t rehearse the way a lot of directors do, to stage a scene in terms of manners and attitudes and lock them in. – Sydney Pollack
Jay Chandrasekhar Ultimately, in regular television, you’ve got seven or eight executives and maybe 50 people in the room with dials who are deciding whether a show goes – and it’s not a great way, because we’re making mass entertainment. – Jay Chandrasekhar
Jesse Jackson Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote. – Jesse Jackson
J Donald WaltersLeadership Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. – J Donald Walters
Danny Green I don’t stay away from bread but I don’t load up on bread either. I just eat it if it’s around. – Danny Green
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