- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
World Quotes
Quotes on the world and our place in it.
These quotes look at the world from different angles - one traces a common phrase back to ancient religion, another describes feeling atomized after moving to a new city. A few recall novels depicting a world with tighter social fabric, where people actually knew each other. Related reading: Great Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important question we have to deal with is a combination of population control and the control of our environment - how to utilize the world in as effective a way as we can for the future of mankind.
- Fundamental Laws
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children need to be exploring their physical world. They need to be learning the fundamental laws of physics by manipulating objects.
- Civilization
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- Nov 07, 2020
Partners from the Islamic world are of particular importance. Indeed, they have huge incentives to be involved, as the ongoing struggles are generally not clashes between civilizations. Rather, what we are seeing is more accurately a clash within a civilization: that of the Islamic world.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Proud parents document the arrival and growth of their future CIA officer in all forms of social media that the world can access for decades to come.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is innovation if not our ticket to every business interest in the world? It's the ticket to solving the world's problems - the energy problems, the pollution problems, the global warming problems. If it isn't for science and engineering, how will we compete in the new world?
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
For an industry that's built on science, the technology world sure has its share of myths.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's natural for youth to be drawn to newness: The world is still new for them.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The state of childhood resonates with life inside a fantasy novel. If you have no control over how you spend large chunks of your day, or are at the mercy of flawed giant beings, then the desire to bend the laws of the world by magic is strong and deep.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I'm writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world.
- Be Kind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just in terms of when I got the script, the character I probably liked the least was Big Foster. Because even though he was central to the story and to that world, he was really written to be kind of a brute, a pig, a completely black-and-white bad guy.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a teenager and it was tough years for me. Being able to bring myself into a character and live in somebody else's world was so important for me emotionally. I couldn't express things well in my normal life. I was so overwhelmed by my emotions.
- Mountain
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Outsiders,' I guess, is sort of dark, but I don't really think of it as dark. The world up there on that mountain, it had the potential to have a lot of fun as well as a lot of drama, these guys raiding the town in their ATVs with their tattoos. It seemed like something different.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020