John Boyd Orr Quotes
If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.John Boyd Orr
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After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.
Maeve Binchy -
Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.
Nan Hayworth -
America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
Flea Jane's Addiction -
When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
S. J. Rozan -
Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
Dambisa Moyo -
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
P. J. O'Rourke -
When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
Dane Cook -
Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
Jack Paar -
Let the path be open to talent.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
Ram Charan
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I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
Ornette Coleman -
If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
Wanda Sykes -
People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.
Kapil Sharma -
In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
Victoria Osteen -
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
Zhuangzi -
And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
Hans Kung
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When our binoculars are focused on the dad as 'deadbeat,' it often even leads us to missing concrete cues a dad gives to show his desire to be involved.
Warren Farrell -
I've always been a big fan of Mariah Carey. I think it's her personality. As much as she has an amazing voice, she has a crazy personality and I love the fact that she's not afraid to hide that.
Jessica Mauboy -
I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.
Jeri Ryan -
Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy.
Pankaj Mishra -
The law of attraction is feeble without the law of action.
Catherine DeVrye -
If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.
John Boyd Orr