George Julius Poulett Scrope Quotes

The leading idea which is present in all our [geological] researches, and which accompanies every fresh observation, the sound of which to the ear of the student of Nature seems echoed from every part of her works, is-Time!-Time!-Time!

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• I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Proud
  • Name

• Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Democracy
  • Human
  • Moderation

• I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Little
  • Got
  • Tomboy

• The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Future
  • Past
  • Change

• I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.

  

  Patrick Fischler
  • Simple
  • Respond
  • Complex

• I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Game
  • Play
  • Smile

• If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Change
  • Living
  • Grow

• It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Water
  • Environment
  • Air

• Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • Good
  • Football
  • Politics

• The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Friends
  • Parents
  • Best

• Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.

  

  Gary Owen
  • People
  • Black
  • White

• Science fiction fans are awesome - they love you so much that they'll watch anything you do, even if it's complete crap. I never dreamed that I would go to conventions and sit down and have coffee with a Klingon. It's so weird, but it's my life.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Life
  • Love
  • Science

• I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time.

  

  Jack McCollough
  • Time
  • Free
  • Actors

• When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Problem
  • Trade
  • Bank

• I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.

  

  Karen Black
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Playing

• I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's really powerful. I think I'm not alone in this.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Food
  • Alone
  • Powerful

• When we associate with others we really associate with ourselves. We like or dislike in others whatever we like or dislike in ourselves.

  

  Vernon Howard

• There was a very consistent creation of a virtual reality, and eventually it collided with our old-fashioned, ordinary reality.

  

  Hans Blix
  • Reality

• If you're against same sex marriage but you laugh your ass off to Will & Grace, FUCK YOU holds up middle finger. You are a hypocrite pointing, and you're not allowed to pick and choose what you like from our culture, and leave behind the burden of inequality.

  

  Margaret Cho
  • Up
  • Culture
  • Marriage

• I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • School
  • Confidence
  • Year

• Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.

  

  C. J. Mahaney
  • Purpose
  • Ambition
  • Selfish

• I had never imagined myself, nor aspired to be, a member of a royal family. I wanted to be in the Peace Corps, not a princess!

  

  Queen Noor of Jordan
  • Family
  • Peace
  • Princess

• I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

  

  Brian Wilson
  • Guy
  • Genius
  • Hard

• The leading idea which is present in all our [geological] researches, and which accompanies every fresh observation, the sound of which to the ear of the student of Nature seems echoed from every part of her works, is-Time!-Time!-Time!

  

  George Julius Poulett Scrope
  • Nature
  • Hard Work
  • Observation