John B. S. Haldane Quotes
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
John B. S. Haldane
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Edmund Burke
Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
Mallory Ortberg
I did one touring show with Horatio Sanz. We went to, I think it was Iowa State University, and we were in this field house, so people were sitting on the floor. It started out with 2,500 people in there. We delivered the most mediocre improv, and it went from a crowd of 2,500 to 250 people in the course of 45 minutes. It was grim.
Jack McBrayer
One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
K. A. Applegate
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
W. E. B. Du Bois
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale
I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.
Lisa Bonet
Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.
Garry Kasparov
I wrote a song for Icona Pop which boosted my confidence quite a lot.
Charli XCX
Whenever there is a job to be taken on of a kind calculated to make Humanity shudder, the cry goes up, ‘Let Wooster do it.’
P. G. Wodehouse
When Clint Eastwood walks into a room, you may not know his name. But you know who he is.
Mark Valley
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
John B. S. Haldane
