-
“I'm a great believer in the Arsene Wenger school of management - which is, you don't worry about the opposition, you just get your own act together”
Source : "We nearly threw it away. We must be more radical". Interview with Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2006.
-
“When you hire somebody, you shouldn't have to tell them [a lot of what] to do; you hire them because you like their work and all you've got to do is tweak them a little bit.”
Source : Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 1, 2014.
-
“Chapter One. The Bride." He held up the book then. "I'm reading it to you for relax." He practically shoved the book in my face. "By S. Morgenstern. Great Florinese writer. The Princess Bride. He too came to America. S. Morgenstern. Dead now in New York. The English is his own. He spoke eight tongues." Here my father put down the book and held up all his fingers. "Eight. Once in Florin City...”
-
“It has been argued that dinosaurs did not die out, but just evolved wings and flew away. At a certain level, this reasoning is sound.... Birds, as a group, did descend from dinosaurs and ... all 8,600 species of birds living today carry some inheritance from their reptilian ancestors.”
-
“I spent nearly two years in a small village - perhaps seventy families. I've never worked harder or learned so much so fast in my life; as an anthropologist you are at work from when you open your eyes in the morning to when you close them at night.”
Source : "An Interview with James C. Scott | Harry G. West and Celia Plender". Gastronomica Interview, gastronomica.org. March 14, 2017.
-
“Because men have so long ruled the world, it does not follow that the philosophy by which they have ruled it is the correct one.”
-
“My dad was a huge basketball influence in my life on and off the court. Playing for him and having him around, having him push me harder than maybe another coach would have was a huge blessing for me. Getting to play with my brother was an unreal experience at Oklahoma, in college, it's some of the funnest times I've had in basketball, and I'll cherish those memories forever.”
Source : Source: www.slamonlineph.com
-
“A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light.”