Pastoral Resources

Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.

Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers.

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

It's grown into a personal relationship, yeah. I'm crazy about Jerry. I think he's a unique character.

Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something.

It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.

When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do.

To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering.

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know.

Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The fact that it's science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do.

We believe in fair exchange rates and Japan doesn't practice that. They have massive U.S. dollar reserves, and they use them to intervene regularly.