John Rampton Quotes

I used to keep a coin jar and would cash it in when I was pinched a little, back-in-the-day. I would always be shocked when the amount totaled $200 to $300.

John Rampton

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• I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Think
  • Change
  • Human

• Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Help
  • Down
  • Impact

• Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Survival
  • Rule
  • Extinction

• So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president - it's all lining up nicely here.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Up
  • President
  • Here

• They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Dream
  • Night
  • Day

• This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.

  

  Harry Belafonte
  • Spirit
  • Generosity
  • United

• No one knows anything about the fashion industry in Brazil. They don't care what you do. They just want the beach and the sun and the fun. I feel the freest and the happiest there.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Fun
  • Fashion
  • Sun

• Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • People
  • Up
  • Model

• I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me.

  

  Carly Patterson
  • Way
  • Always
  • Guess

• I went to community college for about a year but I'd started taking music seriously by then so I dropped out.

  

  Caitlin Rose
  • Music
  • Community
  • College

• God was going to be to me the father that I never had, the father that I didn't have enough of, enough time with.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Time
  • God
  • Father

• Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Good
  • Style
  • Confidence

• The challenges are gonna go, and your children are gonna grow, so try to enjoy this moment, and try to look at what's good, and be grateful for what you have because you will see better days.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Good
  • Children
  • Grateful

• I think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: 'This is how the world really is. If I could be Evelyn Waugh, then I would be happy.'

  

  Candace Bushnell
  • World
  • Happy
  • Reading

• He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

  

  Harold MacMillan
  • Forever
  • Between
  • Cliche

• Like the women in my family, I've found the women in my lab a hard-nosed, ambitious lot who have gone on to be faculty members at top universities. In my own family, it is my father who is prone to bursting into tears.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • Women
  • Family
  • Father

• Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Career
  • Season
  • Winners

• When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • Time
  • Question
  • Church

• I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Human Life

• My favourite designer is Mulberry - their bags are lovely, but their clothes are amazing, I don't think people realise. I love D&G, Fendi, Moschino, Chanel, Armani - all the classics!

  

  Pixie Lott
  • People
  • Amazing

• I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm an honest songwriter who's always tried to bring the audience with me on my journey in hopes that they see their own lives reflected in the work.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • Work
  • Singing
  • Journey

• Import and substituting imports with domestic production are a big opportunity. With a devaluation of the rupee, imports get expensive, and for Indian manufacturers, this creates a huge opportunity.

  

  Baba Kalyani
  • Opportunity
  • Big
  • Expensive

• Since my student days, I'd been a fan of those books with titles like 'Great Speeches that Changed the World,' as I loved the idea that the right person with the right words at the right time could really make a difference.

  

  Anthony McCarten
  • Time
  • World
  • Great

• I used to keep a coin jar and would cash it in when I was pinched a little, back-in-the-day. I would always be shocked when the amount totaled $200 to $300.

  

  John Rampton