Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Dawkins

We are digital archives of the African Pliocene, even of Devonian seas; walking repositories of wisdom out of the old days. You could spend a lifetime reading in this ancient library and die unsated by the wonder of it.

Rhys Ifans

But in reading Shakespeare and in reading about Edward de Vere, it's quite apparent that when you read these works that whoever penned this body of work was firstly well-travelled, secondly a multi-linguist and thirdly someone who had an innate knowledge of the inner workings and the mechanisms of a very secret and paranoid Elizabethan court. Edward de Vere ticks those three boxes and many more. William of Stratford gave his wife a bed when he died [his second best bed].

Rebecca Eaton

I think the part I enjoy most is reading the scripts and screening films because I'm a bookworm and a movie buff.

Richard Ford

I grew up in Mississippi being told it was a great place, but not feeling that. When I finally began reading seriously, literature showed me something about where I was from which was worthwhile.

Richard Ford

To write you had to read so I backed into reading.

Roald Dahl

Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.

Roald Dahl

I'm wondering what to read next.

Richard Powers

I keep a quotes journal - of every sentence that I've wanted to remember from my reading of the past 30 years.

Richard Powers

The thing that makes reading and writing suspect in the eyes of the market economy is that it's not corrupted.

Denise Ainsworth

Katie and (catcher Eryn) Richardson did a great job. Katie was hitting her spots and Eryn kept them off balance with the pitch selection.

John Donahue

It balances the overall impact, ... Quite frankly, you've got to satisfy the people who are paying the bill.

Jim Nelson

This was a good win. We got out to an early lead and were able to keep it for the balance of the game.

Henry Chan

Historically, you never knew what you were investing in Korea as the balance sheet was unclear. You go into a secondhand kind of a car market and you don't know what you were buying, so the natural thing to do is you paid a discount to everything you looked at.

Jill Sales

I think it's cool how she's well balanced between hockey and school. I just think it's neat how someone can excel at both.

David Sobel

We're now at a critical point in this debate, ... and the balance could really go either way.

Lorne Calvert

To further production in China means the use, more and more...of fertilizer, ... The Chinese farmer is, more and more, experiencing the benefits of a balanced fertilizer approach.

H. Hunt

I think Bode has talked to the media, maybe more than he should. I think he's trying to balance it all out and figure it out. He's always looking for the limits, whether it's in ski racing or dealing with the media and certainly he's going to push the boundaries.

Bill Brown

I think balance was the key. Up until a couple games ago we've had five players in double figures and we've been balanced, but it's good to see everybody contribute.

William Manchester

The sum of a million facts is not the truth.

William James

But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.

William James

Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.

Sarah Palin

The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.

Richard Ford

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

Tupac Shakur

The seed must grow regardless Of the fact that it’s planted in stone

Trey Gowdy

Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.

Richard Dawkins

The fact that somebody does good doesn't make their beliefs true.

Warren Buffett

You will be right, over the course of many transactions, if your hypotheses are correct, your facts are correct, and your reasoning is correct. True conservatism is only possible through knowledge and reason.