Quotes

I always felt we were on our own, but I was aware of the bands that were around at this time: groups like Genesis, Yes and Led Zeppelin. I listened to all of those groups and I liked some of them. I always liked Genesis with Peter Gabriel, but I rather lost interest when he left.

Rick Wright

Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them.

Georg Henrik von Wright

To a growing degree, it is not governments, but rather quite different forces that decide the fate of humankind.

Georg Henrik von Wright

That thing that is sometimes called the responsibility of intellectuals is the responsibility of every decent person.

Georg Henrik von Wright

Society is becoming less and less transparent. People no longer know where decisions that substantially affect their lives are taken, nor by whom, nor how.

Georg Henrik von Wright

If one is satisfied with things, one doesn't complain about the downsides that exist, either.

Georg Henrik von Wright

I am a provocative pessimist and my point of departure is that politicians and decision-makers must be made to give serious consideration to the consequences of development and make a real effort to change the direction of certain trends. In that case, we may be able to avoid a truly disastrous outcome for ourselves.

Georg Henrik von Wright

According to the Christian faith, we in the Western countries have a strong perception that we are the masters of creation. Consequently, we are entitled to use nature for our own purposes. When we do so, the equilibrium between original people and nature is upset. People are alienated from nature and are no longer part of it.

Georg Henrik von Wright

The Escape hybrid really 'wants' to be an electric vehicle, but the gasoline engine adds power for acceleration, charges the batteries and powers the air conditioning.

Mary Ann Wright

At Ford, we are not only delivering leading-edge technology, we're also bringing to market smart technology that the customer values and the environment appreciates. Like the President, we believe hydrogen fuel is a critical part of our future.

Mary Ann Wright

You are about to begin the hero's journey. Travel well on the quest. A life of More is your birthright. Know the vast resource that reside in you and are provided for you in the world. You have raised the battle cry of There Must Be More Than This.

Judith Wright

When one pauses to consider how thoroughly corrupted our censors must be by this time, it is difficult to have any faith whatever in their judgement of what is and is not corrupting to others. If to the pure all things are pure, it may well follow that to the corrupted all things are corrupt.

Judith Wright

We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life.

Judith Wright

Want to know if a given behavior is a soft addiction? If any of these characteristics apply, chances are it is: zoning out, avoiding feelings, compulsiveness, denial/rationalization, stinking thinking, and hiding or lying about the behavior.

Judith Wright

Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth.

Judith Wright

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

Judith Wright

My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.

Ian Wright

The type of contract between players and producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and abstract in concept. We have no privacies which producers cannot invade, they trade us like cattle, boss us like children.

Teresa Wright

I'm just not the glamour type. Glamour girls are born, not made. And the real ones can be glamorous even if they don't wear magnificent clothes. I'll bet Lana Turner would look glamorous in anything.

Teresa Wright

I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good on my acting ability, which was the only attribute I could offer.

Teresa Wright