Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Chatfield

For the moment, machines able to 'think' in anything approaching a human sense remain science-fiction. How we should prepare for their potential emergence, however, is a deeply unsettling question - not least because intelligent machines seem considerably more achievable than any consensus around their programming or consequences.

Olympia Snowe

I think we have to look at, you know, many issues. And first of all, we have to reach a consensus on the level of urgency and the magnitude of the problem before we develop a long-term solution.

Gary Johnson

Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.

When you look at the stronger (applications), they are very, very descriptive in what they're doing. The general consensus was that it was just a weak application. There was nothing unique about the application.

There has been a consensus that this is something we need to do.

We've come up with what I submit to you is a consensus proposal.

The questions reveal widespread doubts about the country's current course. But there is no consensus on which direction to take.

Raymond Kelly

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

Patrick Michaels

Michael's position is in the minority. The consensus is the scientific debate is all but over.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Peoria, Connecticut, Atlanta, ... I've got the Big East tournament on Thursday, the ACC on Friday, the SEC on Saturday. Then we've got the NCAA tournament. We've had guys out for the past six months. We've seen all the consensus top high school guys. We've been to Europe. We've ranked all the NBA players from all 29 teams. We've got guys everywhere.

Whether it is by consensus or by vote, either way it ends up in New York.

Michael McDonald

People are really optimistic about first-quarter earnings numbers. Consensus is also that large-cap stocks are what's going to move this market and they are strong today.

John Bolton

Our hope is to have a strong consensus document for the high-level event, ... We're working on that and we're making our views known as are other governments.

National consensus is being eroded grossly. The government should really reverse course and embark on national reconciliation and reinstitute institutions without militias ... this is the only way forward,

The crisis is not gone. There is still more work to be done. And the thing that worries investors the most is when consensus develops and the market recovers, there is a big sigh of relief.

When interest rates go up, the utilities don't do so well, and I think there's a developing consensus that they've gone awfully far.

David Douglass

Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.

We share the wish for a national consensus for peace as a passport for the reconstruction of our country.

While management will likely continue to guide conservatively, we expect 2006 outlook will be at least in-line with (analysts' consensus estimate of) $4.18. JC Penney's stepped up branding campaign, which kicks off March 2 and includes a temporary NY store, should drive some sales and more importantly position them for market share gains as industry rationalization frees up share.

Leonard Susskind

Why is there space rather than no space? Why is space three-dimensional? Why is space big? We have a lot of room to move around in. How come it's not tiny? We have no consensus about these things. We're still exploring them.

We still see more downside than upside risk to 2007 consensus earnings.

We're seeing the Democrats moving toward that position. Senator Kerry will be joined by others. There's going to be a consensus around phased withdrawal.

Hugo Chavez

What a great truth and how good it is that in Mar del Plata President Kirchner has come to say it to millions: the Washington consensus is broken; we are looking for a new model,

We see now for several weeks already a consensus around a decline of semiconductor market year-on-year of 26 percent,

Michael Brown

Excluding the fiscal year 1999 special charges, Litton's results would have reflected consensus expectations.

A constitution should be a symbol of national consensus. This consensus can only be established if a constitution is formulated in full consultation with the people.

India welcomes all initiatives, including from Russia, which could enable a consensus to be reached on this issue.

Jeff Olson

I know that he (McKie) is only accused. But the consensus of members I've spoken to was that he should at least be suspended during this. A number of members have told me how upset they are. I feel sorry for the volunteers, because they do such great work.

There's getting to be a general consensus that what is good for your heart is good for your brain.

Michael Shifter

There's no consensus on how to move forward.

There's more consensus . . . within the economics profession about how the world works than there was in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

The resolution is unacceptable and illegal. The Europeans evenfailed to get a consensus on it.

Charles Schumer

This is the time for a consensus nominee,