Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.Georg C. Lichtenberg
Quotes to Explore
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
Barbara Demick -
I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
W. H. Davies -
You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh -
Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
Tabitha Soren -
The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.
Lance Ito -
Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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The only thing that I discovered very early on is that, even though we might change schools and cities and towns and states, the books in the library were the same. They had the same covers. They had the same characters. I could go and visit those people in the library as if I knew them.
J. Michael Straczynski -
After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
Dan Hawkins -
Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
Pat Paulsen -
If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.
Larisa Oleynik -
It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
Randy West -
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.
Garrison Keillor -
Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
K. D. Lang -
There's depth in my comedy.
Yakov Smirnoff -
We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
Hansie Cronje -
People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
Waris Ahluwalia -
Human nature is weak.
Anthony Fauci
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My mum wouldn't have had any time for fantasy stuff; she's more practical.
Kate Thompson -
To deny the predictive validity of race at this level is nonscientific and unrealistic.
J. Philippe Rushton -
You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
If you want to lose weight, you must make sure your appetite for life is far bigger than your appetite for mere food.
Karen Salmansohn -
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
Georg C. Lichtenberg