John Desmond Bernal Quotes
Hogben's Science for the Citizen would be an admirable text-book for such teaching.John Desmond Bernal
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
Garth Nix -
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
W. H. Auden -
The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.
J. Michael Straczynski -
I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.
Karin Slaughter -
After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
J. A. Konrath -
We who grew up with 'drop and cover' drills know all too well what wonders science can bring us, and we like to see the guy in the white lab coat suffer a little. Or a lot.
Kage Baker
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My house is filled with books, most of which I have read, some of which I intend to eventually get to. I'm always reading at least one work of fiction and one work of non-fiction simultaneously. Whatever mood I'm in, there's always a book nearby to suit it.
Rachel Nichols -
I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.
Dan Brown -
It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
J. A. Konrath -
Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
Laura Hillenbrand -
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
Malala Yousafzai -
Webster and I are very aloof. The two of us go and sit there by ourselves. I sit by myself in the corner with my book and the newspaper. He kind of runs around a little bit, and then he goes and sits on top of the picnic table. He never plays with other little dogs.
Calista Flockhart
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Butler's novel 'Kindred' may be the book most widely read by readers outside science fiction; it has been assigned as a text in classrooms and has sold steadily since its publication in 1979.
Karen Joy Fowler -
I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
Raney Aronson-Rath -
Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
Madeleine Albright -
The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
Carine Roitfeld -
My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've written poems as well, a slim volume of poetry.
Kate Thompson -
I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.
Sally Kirkland
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I think what matters most in literary work is the context, not the text.
Andrea Hirata -
You see? I know where every single book used to be in the library. She pointed to the shelf opposite. Over there was Catch-22, which was a hugely popular fishing book and one of a series, I believe.
Jasper Fforde -
Science is the most intimate school of resignation and humility, for it teaches us to bow before the seemingly most insignificant of facts.
Miguel de Unamuno -
I've got lots of books sitting here that have never been published because nobody could make any marketing sense of them.
Whitley Strieber -
'Terminator' is one of my favorite movies.
Dean Ambrose -
Hogben's Science for the Citizen would be an admirable text-book for such teaching.
John Desmond Bernal