I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.


Larry Niven

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JENNIFER NIVEN
You saved my life. why couldn't I save yours
JENNIFER NIVEN
I turn to Libby. "You're kind. Probably the kindest person I know. You're also forgiving, at least a...
JENNIFER NIVEN
I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try t...
DAVID NIVEN
You can count on Errol Flynn, he'll always let you down.
DAVID NIVEN
I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in .
DAVID NIVEN
We don't ever leave that old world behind. We just create a new one.
JENNIFER NIVEN
For a minute, I can feel it: the sense of peace as my mind goes quiet, like I'm already dead. I am w...
JENNIFER NIVEN
In my dreams, I see 10 to 20 years from now, people who are 50 to 55 years old will get a cognitive ...
ANNE FAGAN NIVEN
To our surprise, three of the people that were PIB-positive and had low A-beta 42 levels were clinic...
ANNE FAGAN NIVEN
Our goal is to identify biomarkers, to be able to diagnose people early in the disease stage, hopefu...
ANNE FAGAN NIVEN
I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil...
LARRY DAVID
It is only when the partisan shouting stops that we can hear each other's voices and concerns.
LARRY HOGAN
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood...
LARRY DAVID
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
LARRY WALL
Most jokes state a bitter truth.
LARRY GELBART
My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the co...
LARRY PAGE
I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people.
LARRY DAVID
The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend w...
LARRY FLYNT
I take big risks, but I'm not reckless about it.
LARRY CHARLES
I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.
LARRY WILMORE
Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
LARRY WILMORE
The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the c...
LARRY WILMORE
You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you d...
LARRY WILMORE
I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.
LARRY WILMORE
I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh ev...
LARRY WILMORE
My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm w...
LARRY WILMORE
I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
LARRY WILMORE
People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
LARRY WILMORE
There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies th...
LARRY WILMORE
If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that ...
LARRY WILMORE
When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing i...
LARRY WILMORE
I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
LARRY WILMORE
I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and ...
LARRY WILMORE
When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody.
LARRY WILMORE
The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. An...
LARRY WILMORE
The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
LARRY WILMORE
Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compa...
LARRY WILMORE
Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night.
LARRY WILMORE
I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in conten...
LARRY WILMORE