George Gaylord Simpson Quotes
Exobiology - a curious development in view of the fact that this 'science' has yet to demonstrate that its subject matter exists!
Quotes to Explore
-
I'd work with soccer coordinators at Game Changing Films and have one or two combat training sessions with my stunt double, who's a wushu master.
-
There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
-
I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
-
The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.
-
'Morning Joe' host Mika Brzezinski's personal life is a minefield. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and while one brother is an Obama appointee, the other advises Romney.
-
I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
-
When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
-
I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
-
True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
-
A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
-
I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
-
There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
-
It's interesting for me because in my work, a lot of times, I like to scrutinize the clothes and think what's going to make them look dated, and I do the same with vintage. In vintage, you want something unique and different, but at the same time, something that doesn't make you look like you dress like a grandpa.
-
I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
-
The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
-
Religion has a good place and it has its good people.
-
He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.
-
The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.
-
In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination...
-
We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.
-
My approach to 'Star Trek' was, 'I know science fiction, and I know screen writing.' That was very arrogant of me, but you really need to be a little bit arrogant to think that what you have to say is good enough to justify the expense of hundreds of thousands - now millions of dollars - to make an episode of the TV show.
-
Science will stagnate if it is made to serve practical goals.
-
I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.
-
Exobiology - a curious development in view of the fact that this 'science' has yet to demonstrate that its subject matter exists!
