Brian Greene Quotes

There's no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of a divine creator.

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• I landed the female lead role on 'Chuck' within three days of landing in L.A., so it was a little overwhelming, and I definitely felt like I got thrown into the deep end.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Deep
  • End
  • Lead

• I look forward to their convention and look forward to hearing the President talk about what he will do for the next four years. He hasn't done it up to this point.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Up
  • Done
  • Look

• Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Life
  • Think
  • Violence

• So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • People
  • Country
  • Resources

• I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • People
  • Great
  • Popular

• That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Life
  • Live
  • Society

• I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.

  

  Takeshi Kitano
  • Work
  • Like
  • Thought

• This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of the productive forces.

  

  Earl Browder
  • World
  • Power
  • Growth

• Many of us who have cars have felt some form of extreme anger at other drivers because we feel they have put us in harm's way. We might even envision ramming their cars or cutting them off in return, but do we actually do it? No, because the overwhelming majority of us never want to take another human life.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Life
  • Want
  • Cutting

• I have an open door to meet with my constituents and that I work hard to respond to their needs, and I'm proud of the constituent service that we provide.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Work
  • Proud
  • Service

• I'm sorry, but Juicy Couture tracksuits and Ugg boots don't move me in any way, shape or form. I refuse to wear them. Modern fashion doesn't appeal to me; the 1950s were better in every way, don't you think?

  

  Imelda May
  • Fashion
  • Better
  • Sorry

• I always thought if I had a band it would have the energy and feel of early Police, since that's where my roots are, and then the harmonies of the Eagles, and the technique of King Crimson or something like that. Fast, up-tempo, beat-the-hell-out-of-the-drums, because that's my style. Energy, but sophistication, rhythmically and melodically.

  

  Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters
  • Up
  • Energy
  • Band

• It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Country
  • Nothing
  • Traditions

• The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • Learning
  • Understanding
  • Content

• I'm obsessed with socks. I even wear them to bed!

  

  Odette Annable
  • Bed
  • Obsessed
  • Socks

• I've always been extremely physical.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Always
  • Been
  • Physical

• What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Anyway, I had a better year than he did.

  

  Babe Ruth

• Today we are sacks of shit bundled into flying tubes with a security warning secreted inside every orifice.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Today
  • Flying

• I haven't done much voice-over work, but I enjoy it. I'm hoping to do more in the future.

  

  Mark Valley
  • Work
  • Done
  • Future

• For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper.

  

  Jim Costa
  • Relationship
  • Friend
  • Partner

• Music's golden tongueFlatter'd to tears this aged man and poor.

  

  John Keats
  • Music
  • Tears

• If you can't take the kitsch, get out of the kitchen.

  

  Charles Jencks
  • Kitchen

• Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines how long the kernel is to exist or not; in which, accordingly, the stunted, diseased and dull witted jailer is lord, and indicates the moment at which his distinguished prisoner shall die.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Death
  • Independent
  • Prisoner

• There's no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of a divine creator.

  

  Brian Greene