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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

- Carl Sagan

And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man.

- Chaim Potok

I`m at my best when I`m working with really talented people, and I`m there to gently suggest or guide or inspire or contribute whatever I can to their effort. It`s not like I`m gonna tell Robert DeNiro how to act - but I could provide him with useful anecdotal material from my own life or other people I`ve known, or actual psychological information, or insights into his character. The technique`s up to him. But there are ways to gently urge an actor to pick up the pace or slow it down or focus more, to go bigger or smaller. Some actors are very open right at the beginning - they say, You only need four words with me: `Bigger, smaller, faster, slower.`"

- Harold Ramis

There are several insights at the heart of the A`s system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it`s a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god`s sake don`t go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy.

- Michael Lewis

SAS thinks that Computerworld has provided an excellent forum for open and thoughtful discussions that are valuable for business intelligence users and vendors alike. This conference is a real opportunity to share best practices and gain insights and perspectives on how the combination of data integration analytics and information delivery will change the way organizations compete,

- Keith Collins

This is an appointment which is so right, and I just know that Gary will make an outstanding political editor. He`s a razor sharp political journalist whose judgement and insights are utterly sure-footed, as demonstrated in his masterful handling of some of the most charged political stories of recent times - for example, our scoops on the Attorney-General`s advice on Iraq, the Hutton and Butler Inquiries.

- Jim Gray
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The talks are geared insights that anybody can get something out of.

- Doug White

We`re excited to see the OSDL join Microsoft in working to deliver insights and facts we know customers need to help inform their IT decisions.

- Martin Taylor

If the area were on or near the U.S. continental shelf, such data could well provide an enemy with strategically invaluable insights into undersea access routes that could be used to attack some of the millions of Americans who live on or near our coasts.

- Frank Gaffney

During (these) periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight.

- Fritjof Capra

We are pleased to introduce Blue Lane and also announce the completion of our Series B funding and the leading venture capital firms that, with their industry and technology insights, have chosen to support us.

- Jeff Palmer

The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into his plans at the tactical level. This is easy to say but hard to accomplish.

- Alan Lucas

With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity.

- Alex Anderson

It is easier to learn to interpret dreams if you have a reason to use them for something constructive. You apply your dream insights to making constructive changes in your life.

- Alexander Wiley

Sometimes the solutions will require acknowledgement of past mistakes, and acceptance of insights for which none of our learning has prepared us.

- Alvin Kernan

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.

- Alyaksandr Milinkevich

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.

- Amos Kimunya

The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have genuine empathy, not as a make-nice tool but as an understanding, is essential to the next step.

- Amrit Bohara

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

- Andrew Lester

He`s a professional. He knows a lot about the game and can give you a lot of insights. The great thing about him is that he provides a lot of detail. He never leaves anything out. After he explains something to you, you`d be an idiot to mess it up.

- Andy Carr

These will be a great help in shaping the budget measures provide real insights into the hopes and concerns of Canadians from all provinces and territories.

- Anthony Williams

The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an objective and subjective internal '˜organic' awareness. Dennis walks his talk and knows well the terrain. This approach towards understanding common denominators of breathing will guide many towards health and well being as well as help dissolve cross cultural barriers. We ARE one and breath IS life. Easily one of the top five books on breathing.

- Athena Starwoman

Brad`s insights have been invaluable to me over the past 29 years. He has proven that he has both the vision and the leadership to propel the company forward into a new decade of growth,

- Azel Backus

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

- Hermann Hesse

"Any actor who is a professional picks up so much information from years of experience that they bring extra insights into directing. Not every actor will be a good director, you must have a good visual sense, a good story sense. I feel very deeply that I want to tell stories of value on film." (from a 1988 interview)

- Susie Oliver