Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition. – Marshall McLuhan
We’re in this transition period of figuring out how to deal with all the new technology that is out there, but television still proves to be the granddaddy of them all. – Jeff Zucker
Receptor chemistry, the chemistry of artificial receptor molecules, may be considered a generalized coordination chemistry, not limited to transition metal ions but extending to all types of substrates: cationic, anionic or neutral species of organic, inorganic or biological nature. – Jean-Marie Lehn
It used to be such a stigma, making that transition to various entertainment medias. There are a couple of actresses who have cut it quite well, and I consider myself one. – Joanna Cassidy
I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part. – Magic Johnson
College and the responsibilities that came with it helped me transition from teenager to adulthood. – Lee Thompson Young
It seems we’re always in transition and that it’s more about trends than it is about what’s meaningful. – Marlee Matlin
After four years as Administrator of the SBA, I have let President Obama know that I will not be staying for a second term. I will stay on until my successor is confirmed to ensure a smooth and seamless transition. – Karen Mills
I’d always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics – Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic, Carlos Fuentes in Mexico – but I knew that many of them had failed, and in any event, I wasn’t exactly in their league. – Michael Ignatieff
In my lab, we’re interested in the transition from chemistry to early biology on the early earth. – Jack W. Szostak
I’m not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing. – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
For ‘Way Down Low’, I was particularly inspired by a breakup I was going through and a transition I was making from Austin to New York. – Kat Edmonson
Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began. – Mickey Rooney
The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely. – Recep Tayyip Erdogan
I want to venture into film more, and I think that a nice way to transition into doing that would be a documentary. I think it would be interesting to find one person that really fascinated me or maybe a band and travel with them, but I don’t think I could do it like I used to do it. – Ryan McGinley
Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a year in advance. – Richard V. Allen
My transition from scientist to entrepreneur? Some would say that I still haven’t made that transition. – Robert Moog
I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy. – Ricky Ponting
Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You’re looking at double work. – Oksana Baiul
Drew Barrymore’s Guess shoot took place as she was making the transition to serious actress after having been more known as a child actress who had become overwhelmed by the Hollywood lifestyle. – Paul Marciano
Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation. – Pedro Pierluisi
I want to assure you that working in transition period is an ungrateful job for any honest government. – Robert Kocharian
It wasn’t easy once I started running 20th Century Fox. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, and it wasn’t easy, that transition, because, you know, I had big shoes to fill and I was very young, 27. – Richard D. Zanuck
Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration. – Richard V. Allen
As I slowly managed to take what I had learned into a transition from contestant to announcer and warm-up, I first had to prove myself on pilots. And as you know, many pilots are taped for each show that is lucky enough to breakthrough to being a series. – Randy West
By then, I was making the slow transition from classical biochemistry to molecular biology and becoming increasingly preoccupied with how genes act and how proteins are made. – Paul Berg
I lost 90 pounds and my blood pressure went down to a normal level and the salt in my urine disappeared. And that was when I had to make the transition from fat character actor to thin character actor. – Ron Perlman
When you talk to women who were working as print journalists or in broadcasting in the ’50s, and then you talk to women who were working in the late ’60s, there’s an enormous difference. There had already been a huge transition. Then, of course, you get well into the ’70s and there were women with children working. – Romola Garai
The biggest thing I remember is that there was just no transition. You hit the ground diapering. – Paul Reiser
