#pet

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. ↗

— Richard Powers

#condition #control #cultivating #face #forever

The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more callous its heart. But unlike the state, corporations have competition and have no police powers. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#becomes #bigger #callous #colder #competition

I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever. ↗

— Victoria Pratt

#competed #doing #forever #i #kickboxing

Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did. ↗

— Charley Pride

#audience #been #compete #country #country music

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#age #before #changes #day #disillusioned

No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with. ↗

— Victoria Principal

#competing #generally #harder #i #i am

I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well. ↗

— Victoria Principal

#found #generally #i #ideal #me

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. ↗

— Quintilian

#appetite #both #change #fresh #like

I met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and they're all really cool. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#cool #elijah #i #jackson #met

It's important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they'll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#athletes #cheating #coming #compete #field