The subject must be thought of in terms of the 20th century, of houses he lives in and places he works, in terms of the kind of light the windows in these places let through...

I don’t think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread – Muriel Spark, Anthony Powell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruth Rendell, James Ellroy, William McIlvanney, Kate...

To an unbelieving person nothing renders service or work for good. He himself is in servitude to all things, and all things turned out for evil to him, because he uses all things in impious...

What’s so seductive about the efficient markets hypothesis is that it applies nine years out of ten. A lot of the time it works. But when it stops working, you blow up.

This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended.

Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective? To develop a liquid-hydrogen-powered spy plane. Because liquid hydrogen is incredibly volatile, early...

The way sci-fi works, you can never die.

Then I started listenin’ a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin’. That sort of put me in a different groove to try to blend all that in.

All through my writing life, I’ve had this impulse to write autobiographical works.

Paul saith, ‘Not of works, lest any man should boast.’ Now, faith excludes all boasting. The hand which receives charity does not say, ‘I am to be thanked for accepting the gift’; that would be...

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.

Truth is what works.

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

You need a great idea, but then you’ve got to carry it through. If you get it right, you’re going to be a critical success. But not everyone who works hard gets it right, or...

The Good News does not hinge on words like do or change but on the powerless, irrelevant, and frightening words like belief and faith.

Do what you want that works.

What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.

Being short works for me.

We want to do sweaters for dogs and call it ‘Bark Jacobs.’ If it works, great. If it doesn’t, we’ll drop it and do something different.

The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I’m talking about myself very directly.

We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery.

I’m trying to get an acting gig on ‘CSI’ or something like that, so we’ll see how that works out. I’m a singer, definitely not an actor, so I just follow directions.

All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward.

The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female.

Our government works should be treated fairly and appropriately; they should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s.

Our work is directly proportional to the distances our dreams travel across, as force (power) is a constant factor

It’s always interesting – how do you actually convey thought through song? We’re used to the convention on stage. In film, we used to be used to it, and now sometimes it works and sometimes...

Just like in medicine, when the normal medicine no longer works, one resorts to surgery. And the revolutions is like the surgery: It’s painful, and it’s the last resort for nations.

We can block our blessings with one thought, one decision. Sometimes your blessing may require certain actions on your behalf. You asked for the job? Now, you must get dressed and go to the interview...

Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I’m glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully.

Only the writers can change or fix the past by going back to edit old works

I think that internal conflict works very well, because, after all, all the best drama is fuelled by conflict.

Let your kids pick their punishments. Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around. It’s easier, and we’re usually right! But it rarely works.

We were called, male and female, to do great works with separate approaches and separate assignments.

Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Lets take away the incentives to do ‘to’ patients and instead create incentives to do ‘for’ patients, to be ‘with’ patients. We don’t need to do comparative effectiveness trials to see if that works; we...

We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works.

I’ve tested life and I’ve learned what works for me.

The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.

Preparation is essential to achieving your goals in life. You don’t want to miss a great opportunity because you were not prepared. Determination and motivation will put you on the right track. You’ve got the...

I’m not good enough; Oh, I’m not good enough,” you are denying God – you are denying the gospel – you are denying the very essence of the faith and you will never be happy....

Taking the Right Decision in any situation only requires TWO major ingredients:Critical Thinking and Grace.Critical Thinking is like ‘Works’ and Grace is like ‘Faith’. So if “Faith without Works is dead,” then same, I believe,...

The thing about a pick-up line is, even if it works, then what? I just figure you unapologetically be yourself, and if it works, cool.

Speed is not always a constituent to great work, the process of creation should be given time and thought.

I’ve got a young man who works for me who says you don’t need to discover your dreams – you need to recover them.

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.

You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over.