Michael Rubin quote: "There's this tendency in the West to believe that the insurgency is linked to Iraqi politics. As much as the White House would like to set a milestone, we're not going to realize what the turning point was until a year or two after the fact. We have to stop looking for a watershed moment."

The Iraqis have consistently surprised us at every milestone.
MICHAEL RUBIN

Our decision to divest our non-Internet assets was not easy, as these businesses have achieved treme...
MICHAEL RUBIN

No observational problem will not be solved by more data.
VERA RUBIN

Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different ques...
VERA RUBIN

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
VERA RUBIN

In between 15 and 20 - probably at around 17 - my interests switched from hard rock to punk rock. An...
RICK RUBIN

Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a se...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

What is good is what feels good, and what is bad is what feels bad.
MARTY RUBIN

The angel in me loves the devil in me.
MARTY RUBIN

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions
VERA RUBIN

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after...
THEODORE RUBIN

Language is a park where people meet.
MARTY RUBIN

Some people have such good taste they can't enjoy anything.
MARTY RUBIN

Freedom began on the day the first sheep wandered away from the herd.
MARTY RUBIN

Mirrors: they show you what you lack, not what you have.
MARTY RUBIN

A poet is someone who never forgets that they were born naked.
MARTY RUBIN

A poet is someone who never forgets they were born naked.
MARTY RUBIN

Even the oldest trees aren't ashamed to stand naked.
MARTY RUBIN

Civilization is a scheme to hide nakedness.
MARTY RUBIN

Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk an...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that hav...
THEODORE RUBIN

People think in such grand terms-unconditional love, changing the world, doing the impossible. They ...
MARTY RUBIN

Tell me where the party is-I want to miss it.
MARTY RUBIN

A few names have survived oblivion. In time, oblivion will have them all.
MARTY RUBIN

Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and frag...
JERRY RUBIN

I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chanc...
THEODORE RUBIN

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
THEODORE RUBIN

By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything ...
JERRY RUBIN

The backseat produced the sexual revolution.
JERRY RUBIN

Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fr...
JERRY RUBIN

No belief runs more counter to experience than the belief in a benevolent god.
MARTY RUBIN

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Now that I've relinquished my fantasies of all the people I wish I could be, and stopped feeling gui...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. P...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limi...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

At 15, I started listening to hard rock and heavy metal, but I would say it was more hard rock becau...
RICK RUBIN

I played more of an advisory role with Public Enemy. I really trusted them to make the music that th...
RICK RUBIN

People's computers are not getting more secure. They're getting more infected with viruses. ...
AVI RUBIN

When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Chur...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I'm a compulsive note-taker, and I used to feel self-conscious about pulling out my little noteb...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Work done by other people sounds easy. How hard can it be to take care of a newborn who sleeps 20 ho...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we bel...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I have a lucky perfume. I love beautiful smells, but I save one of my favorite perfumes to wear only...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Don't let yourself fall into 'empty.' Keep cash in the house. Keep gas in your tank. Kee...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Don't keep excessive amounts of anything. Those glass vases that come from florists. Those ketch...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Watching TV is companionable: you share an experience, you can comment on the action here and there ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and fu...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outco...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Each week, I post a video about some 'Pigeon of Discontent' raised by a reader. Because, as ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

A 'treat' is different from a 'reward,' which must be justified or earned. A treat i...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of thos...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

One thing I wish I could tell my younger self: take photos of everyday life, not special occasions; ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I f...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Habit allows us to go from 'before' to 'after,' to make life easier and better. Habi...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable y...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; t...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Everything happens kind of the way it's supposed to happen, and we just watch it unfold. And you...
RICK RUBIN

No leader did more for his country than Winston Churchill. Brave, magnanimous, traditional, he was l...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I know how to make myself happy, but I don't know how to make you happy.
MARTY RUBIN

During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one per...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

He's told us through his agent that if he's healthy enough, he'll play. As far as what the chances a...
BEN RUBIN

From what I understand, he's healthy and playing right now and if he's feeling the same way come cha...
BEN RUBIN

Those are astonishing figures and it really shows the magnitude of this major championship.
BEN RUBIN

Adding those players to the field we already had going, they're great additions to the championship ...
BEN RUBIN

I get such a buzz out of cleaning closets.
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Some kind of clutter is difficult - letting go of things with sentimental value, sifting through pap...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

The more I examine the issue of clutter, the more effort I put into combating it, because it really ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clut...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I really work on paying attention to the clues my self is giving myself. For instance, I think of my...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

When you're vegan, you spend your time chasing protein, and you're eating food that's wa...
RICK RUBIN

I love finding - or inventing - ways to categorize people.
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Water flows because it's willing.
MARTY RUBIN

Poets create gods, philosophers destroy them.
MARTY RUBIN

I don't think with today's technology we can have a voting system that is fully electronic that can ...
AVI RUBIN

What we did is important because we proved that virtually all of the wireless networks used by compa...
AVI RUBIN

It is a complete and devastating break of the security of wireless networks.
AVI RUBIN

Somebody with questionable moral judgment isn't someone you want to have control of your networks.
AVI RUBIN

You have to attack your own system in order to understand how hackers are attacking your system and ...
AVI RUBIN

I don't think vendors are going to build in privacy protections if there is no incentive for profit.
AVI RUBIN

In the car industry they have to build with safety in mind. Car makers couldn't get away with this. ...
AVI RUBIN

People have jumped on the electronic voting bandwagon, thinking that will solve the problems, ... Bu...
AVI RUBIN

[The Chinese researchers] haven't caused panic yet, ... it's definitely a wake-up call.
AVI RUBIN

As new generations [of computers] come out, usually there are increased complexity and features, [th...
AVI RUBIN

Weeds are stubborn. Weeds are independent. Weeds aren't tolerated.
MARTY RUBIN

Seekers, what are you seeking? Why aren't you happy just to be alive?
MARTY RUBIN

Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachm...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

People often assume that the same approach will work for everyone, that the same habits will work fo...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

We can use decision-making to choose the habits we want to form, use willpower to get the habit star...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes cle...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Nature is impersonal, awe-inspiring, elegant, eternal. It's geometrically perfect. It's tiny...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I think that, you know, looking at all the systems that I've been studying over the last several...
AVI RUBIN

A person with 'oppositional conversational style' is a person who, in conversation, disagree...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

From the time I was 9 years old, I loved magic. I was an only child, and I think that had a big impa...
RICK RUBIN

Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
MARTY RUBIN

It's not the wound that teaches, but the healing.
MARTY RUBIN

Who gave fire permission to burn?
MARTY RUBIN

A basket of ripe fruit is holier than any prayer book.
MARTY RUBIN

If the light's not in you, you're in the dark.
MARTY RUBIN

Words of the hero: "I am my fate.
MARTY RUBIN

With some masks, the amount of medicine available to the youngest children is severely decreased bec...
BRUCE RUBIN

The seal between the mask and the face is critical for drug delivery. If the mask doesn't fit tightl...
BRUCE RUBIN

Dead space volume in the mask contains drug that doesn't get into the lung with each breath.
BRUCE RUBIN

The American economic system rewards those who take great risks with commensurate benefits. The comp...
BRUCE RUBIN

Morning not only forgives, it forgets.
MARTY RUBIN

We still have a goal, and that is to have the University commit to not invest in any of these compan...
BRAD RUBIN

At this point, ratings aren't as crucial as they used to be.
BRAD RUBIN

I don't think he is going to push the nuclear weapon button.
BRAD RUBIN

The credit story did not change that much. I would have liked to see more color on how fast they wil...
BRAD RUBIN

You're going to see production declines by both GM and Ford through 2008. That's going to have a neg...
BRAD RUBIN

The salaried workers are certainly going to be touched by this. By how much, it's difficult to say.
BRAD RUBIN

Even if there were a strike, it would be for a short time and would only have a minimal financial im...
BRAD RUBIN

Without pressure from Wall Street, they would never have got things moving. It took Wall Street to w...
BRAD RUBIN

If it's a long, blown-out strike, GM files within four to five months because they've run out of cas...
BRAD RUBIN

Now to pay them off, we estimated at worse to be $1 billion to $1.2 billion.
BRAD RUBIN

I embrace treats, but I'm also very wary of treats. Treats help us feel energized, appreciated, ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Spending hours stressed out in front of the TV isn't the same as volunteering or donating. Feeli...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

When we don't get any treats, we feel depleted, resentful, and angry, and we feel justified in s...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

It is no small thing to feel the warmth of the sun on your skin.
MARTY RUBIN

Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

If you're impatient while waiting for the bus, tell yourself you're doing 'Bus waiting m...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

For one person, organized files might be a crucial tool for creativity; another person finds inspira...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

That was the maids' and butlers' nights off.
RUBIN SALTER

Now, the term 'friend' is a little loose. People mock the 'friending' on social medi...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Peace,Love,Power
AL RUBIN

Alohafiyah= the spirit of aloha
AL RUBIN

This kind of behavior can't happen in America in the 21st century. But this is the kind of disturbin...
GUY RUBIN

We do not consider this problem resolved. On the contrary, we continue to consult with NATO allies a...
JAMES RUBIN

Our initial reaction is that we are intrigued by how this merger is going to be positioned and struc...
ROBERT RUBIN

well intentioned, but misguided.
JAMES RUBIN

I agree with what the Chairman [Greenspan] said whatever it is that he did say.
BOB RUBIN

Ages and epochs belong to Time. Only the fleeting moment is eternal.
MARTY RUBIN

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on ...
JERRY RUBIN

I set the line and he just took off about 150 yards straight out to the middle of the lake.
GREG RUBIN

We're finding out that there are more individuals like that than we thought there were.
LEE RUBIN

The heights are Donald Trump size - huge buildings. There is a real serious issue whether that's an ...
EDWARD RUBIN

We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

If I can do something in less than one minute, I don't let myself procrastinate. I hang up my co...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Most people enjoy 'potato-chip news' from time to time - to track a presidential election or...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Real dishes break. That's how you know they're real.
MARTY RUBIN

It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have l...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Many people keep photos in their homes, in their office, or in their wallet, and happy families tend...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like t...
RICK RUBIN

Better to find one thing to live for than a thousand things to be against.
MARTY RUBIN

There should be a law against doing work one doesn't like or believe in.
MARTY RUBIN

One should show one's scars, not hide them.
MARTY RUBIN

One should approach life as one approaches a lover-naked.
MARTY RUBIN

The poet strips naked. The philosopher takes notes.
MARTY RUBIN

It's better to do things you like than to think about what you don't like.
MARTY RUBIN

There are increasing reports of atrocities against Albanians. We are alarmed at the reports. We are ...
JAMES RUBIN

I never made beats to make beats; I only made them when there was a record to make them for. That...
RICK RUBIN

Take the perspective of a journalist or scientist. Really study what's around you. What are peop...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

We supported East River Science Park. We supported the United Nations tower. We're not an anti-devel...
EDWARD RUBIN

Nothing should be built taller than that icon.
EDWARD RUBIN

I'm surprised that the Congress and the president would choose to honor the Constitution by violatin...
EDWARD RUBIN

Approximately 50% of the cases are filed in the federal court, where standards for scientific eviden...
JAMI RUBIN

When you lose guys like that, you have to find a way to replace them.
RUBIN CARTER

The hurricanes distorted a very good year.
ROBERT RUBIN

We all shared a belief in market-based economics — though we had somewhat different views as to th...
ROBERT RUBIN

All of us as consumers have gotten spoiled, ... We expect customized goods and services at commodity...
ROBERT RUBIN

We are working hard to reform the IRS, and it would be counterproductive at best, and very harmful a...
ROBERT RUBIN

With the safeguards we have proposed, ... subsidiaries and affiliates are absolutely identical with ...
ROBERT RUBIN

I don't think we should rule out a change in the CPI if, based on technical analysis, there's a broa...
ROBERT RUBIN

A lot of the younger kids started as pro fans. But you see a lot more blue and white shirts in the d...
LEE RUBIN

They probably would not have explored the opportunity had they not had the exposure.
LEE RUBIN

My family kind of freaked out because this is a big season, not only for me but for our team. We had...
LEE RUBIN

Coach Sheridan does a really good job of bringing good pitchers in here, transfers and freshmen, he ...
LEE RUBIN

Rather than rotting in a jail, he might consider the ultimate martyrdom to be being put to death by ...
LEE RUBIN

The first question is, Is it truthful? Or is he committing suicide, effectively?
LEE RUBIN

Humanitarian suffering and destruction could well exceed that of the 1998 offensive.
JAMES RUBIN

I've found that I snack less and concentrate better when I chew on a plastic stirrer - the kind ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Growing old and cheerful means learning to live with all the contradictions.
MARTY RUBIN

The people who enlighten us are the ones who tell us their secrets.
MARTY RUBIN

The wise oyster stays in its shell.
MARTY RUBIN

I always feel like there's something magic in recording studios. There's a reason good music...
RICK RUBIN

All explanations tend to be self-serving.
MARTY RUBIN

What if you have all the pieces and the puzzle still doesn't fit?
MARTY RUBIN

I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do ...
RICK RUBIN

Nothing,' wrote Tolstoy, 'can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpe...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

If our financial industry regarded security the way the health-care sector does, I would stuff my ca...
AVI RUBIN

Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you u...
AVI RUBIN

The backseat produced the sexual revolution
JERRY RUBIN

It's easier to get rid of things when you're giving them to someone who can use them, but do...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Never unite in a cause, only in love.
MARTY RUBIN

Diseases are not cured by giving them a name.
MARTY RUBIN

It's not gangbusters. It's a few here, a few there. But mostly, the bleeding has stopped.
KATE RUBIN

It doesn't matter what Christ or Buddha said, it matters how they lived.
MARTY RUBIN

You can feed a skeptic the party line but you can't make him swallow it.
MARTY RUBIN

What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in a while.
GRETCHEN RUBIN

[Benjamin Franklin]identified thirteen virtues he wanted to cultivate--temperance, silence, order, r...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I ma...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

He is my fate. He's my soul mate. He pervades my whole existence. So, of course, I often ignore him.
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Did I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented:...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have e...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I enjoy the fun of failure. It's fun to fail, I kept repeating. It's part of being ambitious; it's p...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

There's this tendency in the West to believe that the insurgency is linked to Iraqi politics. As much as the White House would like to set a milestone, we're not going to realize what the turning point was until a year or two after the fact. We have to stop looking for a watershed moment.

Michael Rubin

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