J. G. Holland Quotes

God pity the man of science who believes in nothing but what he can prove by scientific methods; for if ever a human being needed divine pity, he does.

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• A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Mind
  • Play
  • Never

• What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Game
  • New York
  • Media

• I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Family
  • Queen
  • Fabulous

• When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.

  

  Youssou N'Dour
  • People
  • Music
  • Country

• I want to be the coolest aunt in the entire world.

  

  Bailee Madison
  • World
  • Want
  • Aunt

• The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • Life
  • Time
  • Live

• Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Cool
  • Hands
  • Speech

• At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Life
  • Chance
  • Design

• To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • Me
  • Easy
  • Cat

• I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.

  

  Haley Lu Richardson
  • Moving
  • Acting
  • Expect

• We have an idea that the man should help pay for the child. But we don't have a law that says a man has to support any woman he gets pregnant. Why is that? Because she doesn't have the baby yet. But if we're going to say it's a human being, then he should be supporting her during pregnancy.

  

  Katha Pollitt
  • Why
  • She
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• I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.

  

  Karrie Webb
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Australia

• We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • American
  • Pilots

• As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Power
  • Society
  • Reading

• I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.

  

  Adam DeVine
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Mind
  • Business
  • Creative

• Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Important
  • You
  • Memory

• I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

  

  Matthew Vaughn
  • Good

• When I got into the end zone, I was so overcome with joy my mind went blank. I forgot everything my boys had showed me and I had to break down and celebrate with my teammates - the guys who helped me get there.

  

  Braylon Edwards
  • Joy
  • Celebrate
  • Teammates

• When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

  

  Lakshmi Mittal
  • World
  • Work
  • Believe

• In some cases, I would not want us to follow their [Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton] pattern. I do not believe they are setting the best example.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • Believe
  • Example
  • Cases

• God pity the man of science who believes in nothing but what he can prove by scientific methods; for if ever a human being needed divine pity, he does.

  

  J. G. Holland
  • God
  • Believe
  • Science