#is

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention. ↗

— Alan Parsons

#convention #did #few #folk #gigs

I've never worked to make money. I understand we've got to eat and all that, but I never said I want to be a multimillionaire or a billionaire. To me, that's of no significance. I work to have the accomplishment. ↗

— Bob Parsons

#billionaire #eat #got #i #make

The U.S. and Israel probably lead the way in terms of venture investment in technologies companies focused on the security paradigm. That is quite encouraging. ↗

— John W. Thompson

#encouraging #focused #investment #israel #lead

Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#character #desirable #diversity #great #intellectual

If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#equations #four #manipulation #missing #only

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#fact #failing #him #his #implicit

Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#elements #emphasis #empirical #empirical fact #fact

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#concern #main #main concern #matter #minor

When he was born, I looked at my little boy and felt an unconditional love I never knew was inside me. As he grew, and I watched him stagger about, squeak his first words, and turn into a beautiful little boy, that feeling did not change. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#beautiful #born #boy #change #conditional love