Ernst Haeckel Quotes

Ontogeny re-capitulates phylogeny.

Ernst Haeckel

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• Did anyone ever have a boring dream?

  

  Ralph Hodgson
  • Dream
  • Boring
  • Ever

• Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Politics

• Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage.

  

  Dan Savage
  • Children
  • Marriage
  • Presence

• The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

  

  Logan Pearsall Smith
  • Life
  • Alone
  • Star

• Acting is a stressful environment to put yourself into, and stress triggers Tourette's, but I think it's partly an outlet because when I'm acting, I'm putting my mind, body, and soul into something, and that's one of the times during the day when I don't tic.

  

  Dash Mihok
  • Mind
  • Soul
  • Environment

• I'm a father to four kids, so it bothers me that even though our children think big naturally, our society systematically trains them out of thinking that way.

  

  Astro Teller
  • Thinking
  • Children
  • Kids

• Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

  

  Christopher Parker
  • Amazing

• Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.

  

  Mario Andretti

• If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.

  

  Andres Iniesta
  • Sacrifice

• I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with.

  

  Doug Aitken
  • Small

• Having red hair is never good when you're a kid. I was picked on a lot and didn't have a lot of friends. But I think that gave me a thick skin and helped make me a better person.

  

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Hair

• People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simple. We grew up listening to the American sound on our TV. That's why American actors have a hard time with foreign accents.

  

  Dominic Purcell
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I'll never change the name of the Redskins. You have my word on that.

  

  Daniel Snyder

• It's very difficult to decide. And I'm very open to proposals.

  

  Paz Vega

• There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.

  

  Ahmet Ertegun
  • America
  • Interesting

• I had never really done voice-over. If you've ever seen me, I'm more the communicator through body language and movement... I'm a physical actor.

  

  Daniel Logan
  • Done

• I suppose they think me an old man and imagine it is nothing for one like me to resign a life so full of trials. But I am not old - at least in that sense; you know I am not. Oh, no man ever left the world with more inviting prospects, with brighter hopes, or warmer feelings - warmer feelings.

  

  Adoniram Judson
  • Life
  • World

• At the end of the day, it is just a movie, and we should remember that we're doing it for the audience, and we should have fun doing it. If we have fun doing it, it will come across on the screen.

  

  Luke Bracey
  • Remember
  • Movie
  • Fun

• Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition, Calvin's Geneva all prove that this is not the case. These events were pre-eminently about obedience to authority.

  

  Andrew Bernstein
  • Men
  • Different
  • Christianity

• I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.

  

  Jay-Z
  • Music
  • Important
  • Career

• Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.

  

  Stephen Jay Gould
  • Science
  • Culture
  • Tradition

• Ontogeny re-capitulates phylogeny.

  

  Ernst Haeckel