Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Davison

I spent my whole life figuring out how to get out of work. I would say I was intelligent, but intelligent in a very surreptitious, invisible way.

Arthur Schopenhauer

A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?

Albert Einstein

Intelligent life on other planets? I'm not even sure there is on earth!

Neil deGrasse Tyson

We are only intelligent by our own measures

Nikola Tesla

Ere long intelligence-transmitted without wires-will throb through the earth like a pulse through a living organism. The wonder is that, with the present state of knowledge and the experiences gained, no attempt is being made to disturb the electrostatic or magnetic condition of the earth, and transmit, if nothing else, intelligence.

Mark Lawrence

I've always felt that the placement of a man's testicles is an eloquent argument against intelligent design.

Mario Cuomo

In the end, I'm convinced we will all benefit if suspicion is replaced by discussion, innuendo by dialogue; if the emphasis in our debate turns from a search for talismanic criteria and neat but simplistic answers to an honest - more intelligent - attempt at describing the role religion has in our public affairs, and the limits placed on that role.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain.

Francis Collins

Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that some of the very complex nanomachines that we have inside ourselves could have come about solely on the basis of natural selection.

Pete Hald

I've never had three players at the same time who can score like they do.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Dikembe Mutombo

The NBA has more than 435 players and there are at least 100-some players doing more than expected. Shaq is doing a lot. Dwight Howard, [Manu] Ginobli. Dirk [Nowitzki] is doing a lot, and not just in Europe; he's reaching out to Africa and all other places.

Joe Legerski

We've had a lot of different players step up for us (in the post).

Jerry Angelo

To get valued players you have to be willing to give value.

Frank Rijkaard

This was a big result for the players and the club.

Andrew Bird

I'm a terrible Scrabble player.

Alannah Myles

I was charmed by a performance given by Crowded House at Toronto's Massey Hall where the bass player broke a string.

Rickey Henderson

I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the (World) Series.

Brian Cox

An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.

Tony Levin

Like many musicians, I don't look back much... only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.

Romain Rolland

Everything is music for the born musician.

Mary Timony

I feel really different from other musicians.

Wayne Shorter

If all you have is music, then you don't have music

Juliana Hatfield

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

Buddy Rich

A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

Bobby McFerrin

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.