I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to... →
Henry Petroski
I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.
Thomas Piketty
Statisticians tell us that people underestimate the sheer number of coincidences that are bound to happen in a world governed by chance.
Steven Pinker
I do look for openings where I can overturn popular misconceptions, but unlike Christopher Hitchens, I am neither a contrarian nor a lone heretic. I... →
There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a... →
Tom Hanks, who starred in 'The Da Vinci Code,' turns out to be related to a number of the historic characters that feature in 'The Da... →
How great in number are the little minded men.
Plautus
There are an infinite number of ways to be moved in the theater.
Martha Plimpton
An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.
Sidney Poitier
Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those... →
John Pople