Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Chatfield

For all the sophistication of a world in which most of our waking hours are spent consuming or interacting with media, we have scarcely advanced in our understanding of what attention means.

Todd Park

Today's advanced STEM graduate could be tomorrow's world-class, world-changing scientist.

Tony Tan

I will work in partnership with the Government, all political parties, and civil society to safeguard and advance the future of all Singaporeans.

Tom Wujec

As technology progresses, and as it advances, many of us assume that these advances make us more intelligent, make us smarter and more connected to the world. And what I'd like to argue is that that's not necessarily the case, as 'progress' is simply a word for change, and with change you gain something, but you also lose something.

Victor Koo

The combined entity Youku Tudou Inc. represents a dominant leader in online video sector in China with the largest user base, most comprehensive content library, most advanced bandwidth infrastructure, and most effective monetization capability.

Ban Ki-moon

Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.

Ban Ki-moon

From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.

Ban Ki-moon

The human family is at a critical juncture. The world is moving through a great transition. This transition is economic, as the digital revolution advances and as new powers and groups emerge.

Arthur L. Herman

Most people today don't feel that Barack Obama is on our side. We sense he's incapable of doing what Roosevelt did, of loving his country so much that he was willing to run great risks in order to advance its cause, to free others from a new Dark Age - and protect our own liberty in the process.

Ian Bogost

When I get data back from a polling experiment, I look at it as a legitimate experiment in public policy, ... The idea is to make games that have an agenda. I'm trying to advance people, not as an entertainment form but as a social commentary.

William Wilberforce

I would suggest that faith is everyone's business. The advance or decline of faith is so intimately connected to the welfare of a society that it should be of particular interest to a politician.

Perversely, the lawsuit highlighted how much better and technologically advanced RIM products are. After that, who knows.

Martin Rees

Post-human intelligence will develop hypercomputers with the processing power to simulate living things - even entire worlds. Perhaps advanced beings could use hypercomputers to surpass the best 'special effects' in movies or computer games so vastly that they could simulate a world, fully, as complex as the one we perceive ourselves to be in.

My task is not to defer to our worst fears, but to interpret and apply the law, in this case, the Freedom of Information Act, which advances values important to our society, transparency and accountability in government.

Only companies that have demonstrated high levels of customer service, proved their experience and attained advanced certification receive the designation of Microsoft Certified Partner.

David Butler

Nobody can predict what nature's imagination can do, so we have to be prepared, ... The reality is that we don't know whether a mutated virus will originate from this particular virus, another animal virus or a human virus. This doesn't change the need for our advance planning and preparation in order to minimize the impact.

Leon Kass

Nobody knew in advance that in vitro fertilization would be, by and large, safe.

New technology advances are changing the way that fire detection is handled, but many dealers and users are unaware of how simple the technology is to implement, use and maintain.

Ambika Soni

On one hand we have received more budget allocation for tourism promotion, we will also need skilled professionals to advance its growth. More hotel management institutes will ensure more trained staff to the hotel industry. And that will lead to further growth in the sector.

Only the most technologically savvy universities are able to compete in the field of drug discovery and bioinformatics. Georgia Tech's focus on top-of-the-line technology and research facilities and the attraction of Dr. Jeff Skolnick and other world-class scholars will raise its presence in this competitive market and attract some of the nation's brightest students to join our research team to advance medicines that will improve the well-being of people everywhere.

One of the professors here used to say to us, 'Dr. King's birthday as we celebrate it is not a day off, it's got to be a day on,' and I think that's wonderful, ... And I think that at every moment we have to ask ourselves what we are doing to advance justice.

Much of our strategic shift is providing production advances over the next 60 days in the Gulf Coast. This effort sets the stage for Gulf Coast growth in 2006, along with production growth in our East, West and Canada regions.

Moving targets, ever-shifting theories, each one advanced to replace the last as it has fallen, fallen victim to the facts, ... Empty pots. Attractive containers, but when you take the lid off, you'll find nothing to sustain you.

McNair was less risky than Young probably, but I also think that Young has more upside than McNair. McNair was probably more advanced because of the system that they used (at Alcorn). Young is a little more athletic and probably a little faster than McNair was, and with Young you've got a guy that has unbelievable potential.

Mariella Frostrup

Men want children later, but women can't rely on being able to. So I'm all for scientific advances and the help they can give people.

Sathya Baba

Mental Science had advanced so much that they could reproduce what had happened or predict what would happen.

Medicare Health Support is a tremendous advance in Medicare, ... It represents a shift in emphasis from simply waiting to treat costly complications and emergencies once they arise, to investing in helping Medicare beneficiaries with chronic disease stay well.

Medical advances have created a fourth age of humankind intermediate between middle and old age, and this is the new prime of life,

Sean Burke

Networking products available today target early adopters and technically advanced users. Compaq recognizes that networking must be simple to enable mainstream consumer adoption.

One of the things we take great pride in is our Advanced Writing at the junior level. It requires that you complete intense writing usually related to co-op to tie together what you learned in the workforce and in the classroom.

One of those patients was more than 100 years old, quite frail, with advanced cancer and multiple other medical problems. The other one was dead. It made us wonder whether something wasn't missing from those guidelines.

One of our dreams was shattered today, there's no doubt about it. We had a goal of being the county champs. First we wanted to win our division, and we did that. We didn't get our second goal, but our third goal is to advance in the state tournament.

One flight, one passenger who doesn't get to his or her destination because of Chaos is one too many. For you to not know if a flight is going to operate because of Chaos is intolerable. It is better that we tell you in advance the flight is cancelled.