Eric Betzig Quotes

Like you can't have a car that can take the kids to schools on Friday and win the grand prix on Saturday, you can't make a microscope that can do it all.

Eric Betzig

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• When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn't imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I'm gone for six days it feels like too much.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Start

• I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. I've been listening to everything from Caribou to Conway Twitty. If I'm going on a longer car ride, I'll download some podcasts.

  

  Sam Trammell
  • Car
  • Listening
  • Ride

• I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

  

  Carl Paladino
  • People
  • Great
  • Kids

• I'd literally rather hang out at the T.G.I. Friday's in New Jersey than tool around at a place that sells $40 cheeseburgers.

  

  Patrick Carney The Black Keys
  • New
  • Friday
  • Rather

• I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Kids
  • Deal
  • Pretentious

• Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Music
  • Kids
  • Value

• My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.

  

  Patricia Polacco
  • Family
  • School
  • Art

• I love the romance of 'let's get married,' but then, when you have it so perfect... I mean, I'm more married than anybody can be - we have two kids. Maybe one day, but it's something I can really do without.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Kids
  • Perfect
  • Day

• I don't die in anything!

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Die
  • Anything

• Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

  

  Jack Lemmon
  • Always
  • Car
  • Humble

• I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines.

  

  Gayle Forman
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Book

• Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • World
  • Great
  • Women

• Like many other kids, I liked watching anime.

  

  Takashi Murakami
  • Kids
  • Like
  • Watching

• I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • World
  • Art
  • Culture

• I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Comedy
  • Old
  • Watch

• I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Believe
  • Kids
  • Know

• Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Kids
  • Would
  • Still

• I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.

  

  Edie Falco
  • Music
  • School
  • Kids

• I wasn't the biggest Captain America fan, but increasingly, I see him as a great character. Winter Soldier really got into what it meant to actually represent America.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Great
  • Character
  • America

• I think a lot of people look to me as a sort of lifestyle icon.

  

  Jade Jagger
  • People

• With my family, my sons both love music and play music, and they're really good at it.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Good
  • Music
  • Family

• I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Consequence
  • Birds
  • Not Believe

• For whatever reason, the pro world has kind of died out, and the skaters are staying in, staying competitive, putting in the effort, the training to stay at the top of their game. It's difficult.

  

  Sasha Cohen
  • Game
  • Effort
  • Top

• Like you can't have a car that can take the kids to schools on Friday and win the grand prix on Saturday, you can't make a microscope that can do it all.

  

  Eric Betzig
  • Kids
  • Car
  • Saturday