"Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence."

-- Michael Polanyi

#Responsibility Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Principles Quotes

“Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.”
“Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species”
“One of the ideas behind doing this acoustic record is that I didn't want to have to produce it by committee.”
“For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.”
“War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. That a war can be represented as helping a people to 'feel good' about themselves, or their country, is a measure of that failure.”
“I think sex appeal is something that's fun. But I'd guess any man with any conscious consideration or understanding of his own sex appeal is one of the least sexy men you might meet.”

Source : "Is this it?". Th Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2008.
“These are for people above my pay grade to answer, but if it's popular - and I think it's going to be - then sure, you'll see a lot. There is an unending number of battles we could cover and send up in ways that the fans and we would love them.”
“New security architecture is being laid down in the Northern Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, in which pro-Iranian governments are consolidating their grip on the territory and they're backed by Russia, to a large degree. And this has caused great grief and consternation in Saudi Arabia and amongst many of the United States' allies, Israel, the Gulf countries, Turkey, because they see this new architecture of security and Iranian influence and Russian influence as something that's very bad for them.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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