Matt Ridley Quotes
Such 'habituation´is just a property of the way brains work; our senses, and those of grackles, notice novelty and change, not steady states. The female preference did not evolve: it just is that way.
Matt Ridley
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I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
Rae Carson
After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
Valentina Tereshkova
When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
La'Porsha Renae
Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
Landon Donovan
I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
Sam Shepard
The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.'
Jennifer Hudson
My grandfather, Harry, died when my dad was in his early 20s, so I never met him. Amazingly, he was 6ft tall. That gene definitely never filtered down to me!
Jamie Cullum
Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.
Jackson Pollock
All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them.
H. L. Mencken
Mr. Clay, during my whole political life, I have loved and revered as a teacher and leader.
Abraham Lincoln
Such 'habituation´is just a property of the way brains work; our senses, and those of grackles, notice novelty and change, not steady states. The female preference did not evolve: it just is that way.
Matt Ridley
