Franz Boas Quotes

We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches.

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• I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Man
  • Desire
  • Never

• I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Different
  • Know
  • Street

• There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • People
  • Listening
  • Silence

• After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Win
  • Celebrate
  • Ice

• I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • Life
  • Work
  • Mind

• I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Think
  • Slavery
  • Old

• Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.

  

  Hans Jonas
  • Human
  • Human Beings
  • Duties

• I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie.

  

  Dan DeCarlo
  • Writing
  • Doing
  • Direction

• The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • Friends
  • Years
  • California

• I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Doing
  • Figure
  • Documentary

• If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.

  

  Patricia Highsmith
  • People
  • Writing
  • Movies

• For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.

  

  Washed Out
  • Great
  • Me
  • Creativity

• I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Life
  • Real
  • Why

• If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.

  

  Lara Spencer
  • Good
  • Work
  • Television

• According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Different
  • Changes
  • Looking

• There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Money
  • Man
  • More

• No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • World
  • Home
  • Christmas

• I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.

  

  Barry McGee
  • World
  • Art
  • I Can

• I love the idea of trying to do the work of old-fashioned novelists of plotting and of really making you curious about what's going to happen next and all that, but also trying to load it up with your weird thoughts and opinions.

  

  Adrian Tomine
  • Up
  • Work
  • Trying

• We know exactly where the path to despair and insanity lies. It's in that sense that life is meaningless, there's nothing about today that's worth doing because it's just like yesterday and it's going to be just like tomorrow.

  

  Ian Bogost
  • Life
  • Today
  • Path

• I love my family. We have a very rich, complicated relationship.

  

  Maya Hawke
  • Family
  • Relationship

• People relate to things that feel real to them. All the good, happy, over-sexed and moneyed endings on TV are not the way most of us feel in our lives. The success of 'E.R.,' I think, is not relying on overly sentimental stories that are solved where people's lives wrap up nicely with happy endings.

  

  Anthony Charles Edwards
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.

  

  Alex Gibney

• We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches.

  

  Franz Boas
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