Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
This particular species, though, had never been seen before; indeed, it was so unusual that an entire genus had to be created to accommodate it. It was named Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis—batrachos is Greek for “frog”—or Bd for short.
Elizabeth Kolbert
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I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.
Nana Mouskouri
I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.
T. C. Boyle
I'm sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were fighting lions, people were talking smack. Every era in history has someone talking smack. No way you can have talent and not proclaim your victory.
J. B. Smoove
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy, except - due to her rejection of Apollo's affections - nobody would ever believe her warnings.
Kara Swisher
All I had, originally, were pages of Nolan's dialogue. I think his character serves the story in a nice way. He's a Greek chorus for the goings-on in the Hamptons.
Gabriel Mann
My eating is pretty consistent. I like Greek yogurt for breakfast. I eat two giant salads a day, a broiled meat or fish, and a dark green vegetable at every meal.
Veronica Webb
I was born into a Greek family, and it was instilled in me not only to be passionate about the culture but also to be freaky loyal.
Elena Kampouris
My mom and dad are second-generation Greek-Americans who instilled in our middle-class family the values of hard work, self-reliance, and service, exemplified by my father's tenure as a U.S. Marine who was stationed at Camp David under President Truman.
James Costos
English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and then the French and then the Renaissance with all the Latin and Greek and Hebrew in the background.
David Crystal
I've always felt, with 'The Iliad,' a real frustration that it's read wrong. That it's turned into this public school poem, which I don't think it is. That glamorising of war, and white-limbed, flowing-haired Greek heroes - it's become a cliched, British empire part of our culture.
Alice Oswald
When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer.
Alice Oswald
In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building.
Alex Ebert
I'm most proud of having created something that men never completely get.
Cathy Guisewite
One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed.
Friedrich Nietzsche
When you're literally carrying a child you can cut back on bad habits.
Jemima Kirke
If you're frightened, you're out of luck.
Bette Midler
this time, in hello mello, we expressed that melodies are like our girlfriend and our mother. uhm.. thinking once again, it seems perfectly fine to express it that way. that’s right. our fans, my beloved melodies.. who behaves like my mother and my girlfriend. this relationship is really precious and lovely. and because of that, there were issue that made both of us upset.. i, we, would love to have people’s love and attention. we came to where we are right now, from 2 years back. and for sure, we would want to continue going on like this in future. and also, btob and i love and treasure our melodies. never ending and the urge to keep moving forward.. that’s our method of loving.
Lee Min-hyuk
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This particular species, though, had never been seen before; indeed, it was so unusual that an entire genus had to be created to accommodate it. It was named Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis—batrachos is Greek for “frog”—or Bd for short.
Elizabeth Kolbert
