Joshua Foer Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction. – Joshua Foer Conlangers Quotes Craft Quotes Created Quotes Entire Quotes Fantasy Quotes Fiction Quotes Invented Quotes Languages Quotes Science Quotes Tandem Quotes Universes Quotes One trick, known as the journey method or ‘memory palace,’ is to conjure up a familiar space in the mind’s eye, and then populate it with images of whatever it is you want to remember. We’re visual creatures. Probably, when we were hunter gatherers… that was the kind of thing that mattered. And remembering, say, phone numbers was, like, not that important when you’re hunting down a mastodon or whatever.
Ralph Hall President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom. – Ralph Hall
Robert Jarvik Our ad campaign with Pfizer is educational. Lipitor is the most widely prescribed drug in the country. For every prescription, there is a doctor writing it. It’s a huge vote of confidence. – Robert Jarvik
Miguel de CervantesWar Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other. – Miguel de Cervantes
Erin O'Toole Enhancing our NORAD relationship will remind the Americans that both our economic and security interests are integrated in such a way that you could not possibly view them as apart. – Erin O’Toole
Ana Patricia Botin We are the most British of Britain’s banks. This always gets a chuckle; I don’t why. – Ana Patricia Botin
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