Ernst Mayr Quotes

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• Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Important
  • Happy
  • Healthy

• The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.

  

  Barbara Windsor
  • Beautiful
  • Me
  • Show

• I think I've been a great citizen.

  

  O. J. Simpson
  • Great
  • Think
  • Citizen

• I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Live
  • Real

• I like to read, even though it was really tough, because I could go anywhere in the world in a book, and I could have so many adventures in a book.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • World
  • Book
  • Tough

• The strength of America is not in Washington.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • America
  • Strength

• If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

  

  Naoto Kan
  • You
  • Problem
  • Impossible

• The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.

  

  Ralph G. Neas
  • Future
  • President
  • Decisions

• I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy.

  

  Gary Coleman
  • Enemy
  • First
  • Worst

• I am in a charity out there to stop violence against women.

  

  Caprice Bourret
  • Women
  • Stop
  • Violence

• And it is not repentance that saves me — repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Done
  • Jesus

• The arsenal of megadeath can't be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.

  

  Alan Cranston
  • Peace
  • Arsenal
  • Megadeath

• Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

  

  Lou Holtz
  • Life
  • Matter
  • Adversity

• It's easy to fall into the trap of believing all the hype that's written about you... Who knows? In a couple of years, you might find me in the loony bin!

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Fall
  • Couple
  • Believing

• I only performed a song so I could not write an essay. I just enjoyed being around bands, and around musicians, and, I didn't want to be the girl who followed the band around. I love singing, I love performing, but it's never been this goal.

  

  Caitlin Rose
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Girl

• We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Needs
  • Class
  • Top Down

• Well it took many years. I started with many ideas, threw them away, started all over again. And eventually it evolved into what you see today at Disneyland.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Today
  • Ideas
  • Again

• If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.

  

  Cliff Martinez
  • Music
  • Kids
  • Career

• I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

  

  Tommy Hilfiger
  • Different
  • Beast
  • Couture

• I love reference books, especially collections of memorable quotations, world almanacs, and atlases. Facts to me are like candy or popcorn, small, tasty delights, and I like to gorge on them now and then.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • World
  • Like
  • Facts

• Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.

  

  Larry Ellison
  • People
  • America
  • Man

• The point to remember about selling things is that, as well as creating atmosphere and excitement around your products, you've got to know what you're selling.

  

  Stuart Wilde
  • Business
  • Remember
  • Knowledge

• Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts.

  

  Ernst Mayr
  • Facts
  • Discovery
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