"Any demanding high technology tends to develop influential and dedicated constituencies of those who link its commercial success with both the public welfare and their own. Such sincerely held beliefs, peer pressures, and the harsh demands that the work itself places on time and energy all tend to discourage such people from acquiring a similarly thorough knowledge of alternative policies and the need to discuss them."

-- Amory Lovins

#Technology Quotes #People Quotes #Peer Pressure Quotes

“...you have to have faith that you are doing God's will. Sometimes you will not understand. Sometimes you will doubt. But if you are doing God's will, you can't be wrong, you can't go wrong.”
“I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.”
“In America, dogs are viewed by their names first, breed second. And dogs live behind walls. It's an unnatural point of view.”
“God forbid you got seasick because there was no option to go back. So that really did force us to be a group.”
“Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.”

Source : "'30 Rock's' Judah Friedlander: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Me" by Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 12, 2012.
“If you looked down to the bottom of my soul, you would understand fully the source of my longing and â€“ pity me. Even the open, transparent lake has its unknown depths, which no divers know.”
“Hobbies are for wimps who donâ€™t have the guts to follow their passion.”
“There seems to be no end to the senseless wickedness done on this little planet in a minor solar system, and we puny mortals appear to be decreasing in importance so far as the universe is concerned.”

Source : Alec Guinness (1998). “My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor”, Penguin Mass Market

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