When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into n...
ERNEST BECKER For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watchin...
ERNEST BECKER The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of ...
ERNEST BECKER The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.
ERNEST BECKER When we are young we are often puzzled by the fact that each person we admire seems to have a differ...
ERNEST BECKER The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and anni...
ERNEST BECKER Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks ...
ERNEST BECKER ...Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contrad...
ERNEST BECKER People create the reality they need in order to discover themselves
ERNEST BECKER Try repeating “man is an animal" a few times, just to notice how unconvincing it sounds. There see...
ERNEST BECKER Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awarness, or he spends his time shopping, which i...
ERNEST BECKER And so we see the paradox that evolution has handed us. If man is the only animal whose consciousnes...
ERNEST BECKER Ecological devastation is the excrement, so to speak, of man's power worship.
ERNEST BECKER It is not so much that man is a herd animal, said Freud, but that he is a horde animal led by a chie...
ERNEST BECKER [W]e now know that the human animal is characterized by two great fears that other animals are prote...
ERNEST BECKER I think that taking life seriously means something such as this: that whatever man does on this plan...
ERNEST BECKER Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest p...
ERNEST BECKER I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poure...
WALTER BECKER There are some things that I write that I know are personal in a way, or the gag is so obscure that ...
WALTER BECKER We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet hav...
WALTER BECKER All our wives are experimental psychologists.
WALTER BECKER If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I...
WALTER BECKER I always look for the weirdest note to land on. I felt that that was the least I could do for the gr...
WALTER BECKER From a linguistic point of view, you can't really take much objection to the notion that a show ...
WALTER BECKER That's sort of what we wanted to do: conquer from the margins, sort of find our place in the mid...
WALTER BECKER You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'
WALTER BECKER '8 Miles to Pancake Day' is a reconciliation of the classic space-time dilemma.
WALTER BECKER It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its co...
WALTER BECKER There was a film called 'FM,' and we were asked to do the title song. And I said, 'Does ...
WALTER BECKER 'Deacon Blues' was special for me. It's the only time I remember mixing a record all day...
WALTER BECKER The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much...
WALTER BECKER There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
WALTER BECKER I spent a couple of years not doing any music or anything, just here in Hawaii trying to get healthy...
WALTER BECKER I'm not interested in a rock/jazz fusion.
WALTER BECKER It's great fun to play with a really good band.
WALTER BECKER People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you e...
WALTER BECKER Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.
WALTER BECKER Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could ...
WALTER BECKER When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's...
WALTER BECKER My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of th...
WALTER BECKER I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and end...
WALTER BECKER I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
WALTER BECKER In the past when we've gone through periods where we're eliminating jobs, we've tried to do it so it...
AL BECKER Clearly the costs are huge. Just the lost revenue itself is substantial, plus all the other expense ...
AL BECKER There is a 10-day appeals period after the decision. We believe we will be winning bidder, the clear...
AL BECKER It's tough to know how we're going to respond. This is an extraordinarily competitive industry. If s...
AL BECKER We are seeing some very heavy loads this month. It's a little early to predict the summer, but we're...
AL BECKER The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and...
GARY BECKER My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return t...
GARY BECKER A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
GARY BECKER Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. ...
GARY BECKER Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them.
WARD BECKER I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play.
BORIS BECKER Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in ce...
GARY BECKER I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That...
WALTER BECKER When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was ...
BORIS BECKER If you're playing in a room that holds 15,000 people, it's just a question of how bad the ro...
WALTER BECKER I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from ever...
GARY BECKER Let's say you're coming here for surgery. You're going to become vulnerable because of the anesthesi...
BILL BECKER These are among the largest and most dangerous under-regulated sources of pollution in the United St...
BILL BECKER I think it's fair to say the states would much prefer a strong federal approach ... but absent that,...
BILL BECKER The referendum will boil down to a fundamental debate on the future of this great state. The referen...
BILL BECKER I told her after we got beat by Cincinnati, that if we ever got to the Super Bowl, I'd buy a big-scr...
BILL BECKER I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure o...
WALTER BECKER Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for a...
GARY BECKER An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as mu...
BORIS BECKER A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading...
BORIS BECKER This is how a revolution begins. It begins when someone grows tired of standing idly by, waiting for...
JO BECKER You shall never have it, The free German Rhine. [Ger., Sie sollen ihn nicht haben Den fr...
NIKOLAUS BECKER The only reason the eagles leave is to find food. With so many people ice fishing and with the incre...
BRUCE BECKER That's what we're here for. We want people to eat it.
BRUCE BECKER There is a huge cost of doing it the right way, ... We could have done this less expensively, but I ...
BRUCE BECKER There would be no way to do a revenue-management system without having reservations,
BRUCE BECKER While we recognize some fares have been increased, we're pleased a number of fares have (gone down),...
BRUCE BECKER We want to make sure we don't have to compromise our ideals,
BRUCE BECKER We're pleased Amtrak is recognizing the enormity of some of the proposed fare increases and is takin...
BRUCE BECKER We're still deeply concerned at the lack of flexibility for business travelers with the introduction...
BRUCE BECKER The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emot...
BORIS BECKER We're reorienting the antiwar movement to make the connection between the vast expenditure for the w...
BRIAN BECKER I think we do need to move very swiftly in creating value for consumers and reacting to the economic...
BRIAN BECKER Our only concern is that the police not get out of hand.
BRIAN BECKER The ANSWER Coalition, the NCAA is not only disappointed with the ruling, ... but we condemn the city...
BRIAN BECKER a diplomatic fig leaf to serve for this administration and as a trigger to war.
BRIAN BECKER We believe we are at a tipping point whereby the anti-war sentiment has now become the majority sent...
BRIAN BECKER People are very angry at the Bush administration.
BRIAN BECKER Because of the Kinder Decision, we have to take local tax efforts into consideration when dividing t...
BRIAN BECKER I believe it is the most vivid and compelling demonstration that the war in Iraq is not only needles...
BRIAN BECKER They are not screening based on security, ... They're screening based on political intent.
BRIAN BECKER There will be places in there for residents to stop and sit down and chat with each other, maybe som...
BRENDA BECKER (It's) so we don't start with our plan then find out eight years down the road that the zoning laws ...
BRENDA BECKER We're still in such preliminary stages that you couldn't fix any definitive costs.
BRENDA BECKER We've been here since 1979. And we're taking a look at what our current residents are looking for in...
BRENDA BECKER The city is not going anywhere. The heart of the city's economy survived. It will be a different pla...
BOB BECKER We would like to get at least one course open, but I don't know how we could do that. We have no sta...
BOB BECKER Nature is a resilient female. You can see her coming back everywhere.
BOB BECKER At least that might allow us to hire some people back.
BOB BECKER We were on the verge of greatness. This has set us back 70 years.
BOB BECKER I will be honest, I'm scared to death of what's going to happen to the eighth elementary.
BOB BECKER the park is filled with Delgado students.
BOB BECKER He's extraordinary. He's the most focused athlete I've ever trained with.
BOB BECKER You almost never see work of consequences being accomplished by one person alone. Everyone works as ...
BOB BECKER Even if we could get the debris cleared up and get trailers to operate out of, we don't have anybody...
BOB BECKER A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading...
BORIS BECKER I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the ch...
BORIS BECKER I had the pleasure of competing at the Olympic Games and at Wimbledon and was fortunate enough to wi...
BORIS BECKER Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
BORIS BECKER The only thing I had on my mind was tennis, and sometimes girls,
BORIS BECKER I am thrilled to be the new team captain. I am sure that the pressures I've faced on centre court wi...
BORIS BECKER The only thing I had on my mind was tennis, and sometimes girls, ... My life was all about tennis. M...
BORIS BECKER Before, I wouldn't have sacrificed anything for tennis but when I met Barbara it was different. I wo...
BORIS BECKER An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth...
BORIS BECKER It's not due until June, but I'm going to have it done in a couple of weeks. Doing it does not const...
CARL BECKER I used to paint model soldiers as a kid.
CARL BECKER Your life will be very different, ... You need to work your way back, and the one thing I can do is ...
CARL BECKER If you are thrown out of drug court, you are automatically facing 2 1/3 to 4 years in state prison.
CARL BECKER You made a series of very poor decisions,
CARL BECKER Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him
CARL BECKER Washington liked that look, because it made the British think they were all crack shots.
CARL BECKER Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...
CARL BECKER The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening th...
CARL BECKER What about that Dave Brubeck live album, with a version of 'Like Someone in Love' on it, and...
WALTER BECKER The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.
CARL BECKER He connected all the dots, and it worked out.
DAVID BECKER [In insider trading cases,] you connect the dots not by simply going from one dot to another but by ...
DAVID BECKER There is an emerging subgenre of British nonfiction in which journalists from 'The Guardian'...
JO BECKER It seems to me the vultures have stopped circling.
GEOFFREY BECKER [To survive has required tenacity. Koreans are reported even to have murdered children and mixed the...
JASPER BECKER A literature has developed on whether discrimination in the marketplace due to prejudice disappears ...
GARY BECKER I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It ...
BORIS BECKER The biggest single step that the president could take to cut our oil addiction, curb global warming ...
DAN BECKER Evidence from many countries on the earnings, unemployment, and occupations of blacks, women, religi...
GARY BECKER The amount of crime is determined not only by the rationality and preferences of would-be criminals,...
GARY BECKER Is it fair or wise to place strict controls on legal immigration when little is done to stem illegal...
GARY BECKER It is a great film.
GARY BECKER The figures are lousy, but they are no surprise overall,
KONRAD BECKER I've been doing mostly independent films, and things like 'Goal' give me a chance to hav...
KUNO BECKER We hope that helping to make the Mercury Mariner Hybrid a success will encourage Ford to invest in b...
DAN BECKER Bill Ford understands that to survive, Ford will need to make many more fuel-efficient vehicles,
DANIEL BECKER We opened for the Kinks, the Beach Boys, the Guess Who, Chuck Berry, Sha Na Na. We opened for Cheech...
WALTER BECKER The bottom line is people say they hate commercials, but in reality they go to the movies they want ...
ADRIENNE BECKER As an exhibitor, control what you can control.
ADRIENNE BECKER One of the most amazing things (about this study) is where television and Web advertising came into ...
ADRIENNE BECKER I'd be surprised if they recommend clemency,
ROBERT BECKER We look forward to the day 20 years from now when hydrogen-powered cars are widely available. But we...
DANIEL BECKER Hydrogen fuel cells will play a key role in a clean energy future, but the president's plan won't ge...
DANIEL BECKER I think it's a major step forward, I don't think it signals any retreat from vigorous enforcement.
DAVID BECKER It was nice to have a winning streak heading into (today). One of our goals was to sweep April vacat...
CHUCK BECKER Every community has a need, a desire for a 'third place,' distinct from home and work. Informal meet...
CLAUDIA BECKER There should have been a period when most of the atoms in the universe were neutral. This would have...
GEORGE BECKER In this paper, we're trying to tease apart climate signals from human fishing impacts.
BEN BECKER I think the audience for Limp Bizkit is probably not going to be particularly interested in what we&...
WALTER BECKER I believe that everything in life happens for a reason.
BORIS BECKER She's a tough campaigner. But the real problem for her is getting out from underneath all these ques...
GEOFFREY BECKER Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no cho...
WALTER BECKER Combining art and the tea is a wonderful marriage, ... It's slightly educational, with a fun twist.
BEVERLY BECKER She read a lot, and was interested in world affairs, ... She was one of those people who could carry...
BEVERLY BECKER We firmly believe it is the right and responsibility of parents to make decisions about what their c...
BEVERLY BECKER All of these artists have made names for themselves and are well-known. They have different styles, ...
BEVERLY BECKER ...minimalism in the service of others is a logical extension of the same ethos of selflessness.
JOSHUA BECKER I moved to Andover for the schools and didn't use them.
BARBARA BECKER It's a huge deal to ordinary families.
BARBARA BECKER This issue has a lot of impact on the UA community.
BARBARA BECKER The wonderful thing about students doing the work is that they're always full of great ideas and ent...
BARBARA BECKER Instead we were filling the newspaper with bland, harmless stories, and if there was anything sensit...
JASPER BECKER Ford is a big part of the global warming problem, but they have failed to adopt more than token solu...
DAN BECKER I think we're right up there with Herman's Hermits and the other greats. Maybe somewhere bet...
WALTER BECKER Nuclear power is a dangerous energy source that creates more problems than it solves. Switching from...
DAN BECKER Cinco de Mayo is an important day. The Mexicans had to defend themselves from the French. It is hist...
KUNO BECKER Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was ap...
WALTER BECKER As soon as you implement a strong, fixed target for reducing oil use, stricter fuel standards will i...
DAN BECKER It turns out that the latter is the case. The chemical composition appears to be very ordinary.
GEORGE BECKER It's appalling that Nissan, V.W. and Hyundai are accelerating in reverse.
DANIEL BECKER The first thing I did when I came down here was dial numbers for American Legion posts, ... A few of...
DENNIS BECKER There's a deduction for any sort of verbalization. She's up there speaking in complete sentences - n...
EYRE BECKER We have to remember that these are revenue projections and not necessarily real dollars. Maine shoul...
BILL BECKER If you essentially put yourself in an auditory cave, you?re going to miss opportunities to learn by ...
FRANKLIN BECKER There were a lot of intelligent viewpoints on both sides.
RICHARD BECKER The first load, 50 pieces were soaking wet, ... We unframed everything, got them stable, lying flat ...
HEATHER BECKER They aren't Jeb Bush. They don't speak Spanish off the top of their head. They have to distinguish t...
GEOFFREY BECKER They've essentially abdicated responsibility for fuel economy to the automakers.
DAN BECKER What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without subst...
WALTER BECKER There's no way we can hand-write all of the checks we have to write to vendors without the computers...
BRAD BECKER We had to do a lot of up-front setup. Companies can go out of business if they have a fire and haven...
BRAD BECKER We're totally dependent on computer accounting and record keeping.
BRAD BECKER Their client base is more sensitive to price increases than clients of fine restaurants.
BOB BECKER Once it's district, the coaches say there is no more getting better. (The coaches) just keep ... mak...
FRANK BECKER The median amount of time from when the symptoms start to when they do die is four to five months an...
CHERYLE BECKER He came up to me and said, ?Can you buy me some toys?? We would have bought every toy store for this...
RICK BECKER How do we know there's not more out there. We have to figure out a way do that.
BILL BECKER He hit it with a hammer, and a sliver of metal came and hit him in the right eye. He had a pretty mi...
BILL BECKER She really gave up a year of her life.
BILL BECKER It has been a failure because the big industrial polluters, led by the United States, have failed to...
DAN BECKER We have a long way to go in our fundraising to meet the needs of people from Katrina, let alone what...
JOE BECKER There are amazing challenges and obstacles.
JOE BECKER The scope of this is just so huge. If you took New Orleans out of the equation, Mississippi and Alab...
JOE BECKER Hurricane Katrina is wreaking havoc for southeast Florida and the Gulf coast states. The Red Cross w...
JOE BECKER They said they thought he might be a burglary suspect.
JOE BECKER Something's fishy when the Bush administration delays a report showing no improvement in fuel econom...
DANIEL BECKER It's a long-term hope, but in the meantime we want to use the technology available today to make cle...
DANIEL BECKER Ford is at the bottom of the barrel among major auto makers on fuel economy, but today is a better d...
DAN BECKER