Thomas Nagel Quotes
The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the standard historical account becomes
Thomas Nagel
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I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous.
Bahman Ghobadi
You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
Bette Midler
They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get.
T. H. White
Things are useless without practice.
Erykah Badu
To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.
Vance Havner
... health is the obstacle, which ... must stand in the way of a girl's acquiring the intellectual strength, which ... is so invaluable to a boy.
Elizabeth Missing Sewell
But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.
Charles Dickens
I am a fox", the fox said.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Whenever you have a few setbacks, the idea that half as many children are dying now as back in 1990 and so... it was over 12 million a year, now it's less than 6 million a year. We have a clear path to get that under 3 million a year and we know what to do. And this generation of young Africans is a very large group.
Bill Gates
Theater definitely prepared me for Cyborg in the best way possible. All of the green screen definitely takes me to my minimalist theater days.
Ray Fisher
The overall trend is downward. There are fewer toxic chemicals going into the environment, but we want to see that amount go down even more.
B. R. Hayden
Beauty has never been absolute and immutable but has taken on different aspects depending on the historical period and the country
Umberto Eco
