#ted

The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things. ↗

— Ben Okri

#acknowledged #cannot #coded #dislike #frontiers

I was invited to join the newly established Central Chemical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1954 and was able to establish a small research group in organic chemistry, housed in temporary laboratories of an industrial research institute. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#academy #central #chemical #chemistry #establish

In the summer of 1965 I was invited to join Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and returned to academic life as professor with the added responsibility of becoming also Department Chairman. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#added #also #becoming #chairman #cleveland

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#anymore #because #decisions #get #good

Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#african #ages #aids #because #been

Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen. ↗

— Keith Olbermann

#ever #fox #fox news #hated #news

I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it. ↗

— Keith Olbermann

#achieved #also #better #better off #i

I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to see where it goes. ↗

— Bill Kreutzmann

#fun #goes #going #i #just

Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#better #expectations #limited #more #others

I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#fashion #get #get a life #i #interested