John Tiffany Quotes

Austerity has led us to a terrible philosophy where we think we've got to cut back on everything that's 'frippery', like the arts.

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• Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • American
  • Price
  • Treasure

• Some of the most significant advances in molecular biology have relied upon the methodology of genetics. The same statement may be made concerning our understanding of immunological phenomena.

  

  Baruj Benacerraf
  • May
  • Understanding
  • Same

• I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Science
  • Small
  • Enjoy

• I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!

  

  Camille Pissarro
  • Remember
  • Air
  • Movement

• And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.

  

  Wendell Willkie
  • Political
  • Vote
  • Become

• I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Good
  • Money
  • Business

• I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Up
  • Sister
  • Three

• It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • Why
  • Universe
  • Creative

• Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

  

  Tacitus
  • Power
  • Hate
  • Next

• Using cold facts and figures, leaders throughout the West must become more transparent with their citizens in explaining their decisions and their choices in global markets.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Choices
  • Cold
  • Decisions

• And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again.

  

  Wavy Gravy
  • Political
  • Education

• Disconnection or alienation from the past has political consequences.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Political
  • Past
  • Alienation

• I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Love
  • Films
  • Psychological

• 'The Art of the Brick' is an exhibition I've done where I've taken some works of art from art history and replicated them all out of Lego bricks.

  

  Nathan Sawaya
  • Done
  • Art
  • History

• My rubber burnin, turnin corners beatin like a CongoYou try to jack and pull the strap, it's ASAP prontoThe King of the South, every hood's head honchoI'm West Side certified, go where the fuck I wanna go.

  

  T.I.
  • King
  • Hood

• If you bargain when they squeeze your balls, they will only squeeze again.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi

• Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.

  

  Colin Farrell
  • Survival

• The greatness of human actions is measured by the inspiration that it brings. Blessed is he who carries within himself a God, an ideal of beauty and obeys it: an ideal of art, ideal of science, ideal of country, ideal virtues of the Gospel! These are the wellsprings of great thoughts and great actions. All reflections illuminate infinity.

  

  Louis Pasteur
  • God
  • Art
  • Inspiration

• Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I'll cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again.

  

  Arthur Miller
  • Time
  • May
  • Hand

• Even when we were still fighting in the bush against the oppressive dictatorships of Idi Amin and Milton Obote, we introduced elections for the committees of the villages under our control.

  

  Yoweri Museveni
  • Control
  • Fighting

• In 1970 I realized that there was negligible risk from x-rays but many radiographs had poor image quality so that the risk from a false negative was significant.

  

  John Cameron
  • Quality
  • Risk

• Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies.

  

  Christopher Darden
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Live

• Austerity has led us to a terrible philosophy where we think we've got to cut back on everything that's 'frippery', like the arts.

  

  John Tiffany