David Eagleman Quotes
What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true!David Eagleman
Quotes to Explore
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
Ralph G. Neas -
We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
Arthur Daniel Miller -
If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
Zhang Zhidong -
Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
Tavi Gevinson -
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
Irving Babbitt -
I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
Sam Graves
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
Bar Refaeli -
You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
Natalie du Toit -
The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
Florentijn Hofman -
Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
Carl Hiaasen -
To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
Nancy Grace -
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
Orville Wright
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I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
Candy Crowley -
If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
Sam Altman -
I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
Young Buck -
A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
Iain Glen -
I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.
Wavy Gravy -
When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
Natalia Vodianova
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Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold.
Eric Butterworth -
There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
Mae Jemison -
Every adventure requires a first step. Trite but true, even here.
American McGee -
Every single year since they invented sound recording it gets better and better. We've always improved it. With MP3, which just sounds awful, it's the first time in the history of recorded music that it sounds worse. It's really - and it's everywhere, it's ubiquitous.
Linda Ronstadt -
As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.
Desmond Tutu -
What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true!
David Eagleman