John Boyd Orr Quotes

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.

John Boyd Orr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: September 23, 1880 - June 25, 1971

Topics

FearWarWishMadSaidHatred

My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.

Jessica Valenti

CommitmentPeopleCollegeStory

Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according to God's will, the only means of finding blessing in the midst of that confusion which is acknowledged to exist.

John Nelson Darby

GodBlessingFindingWillConfusion

I grew up in a kibbutz in the Galilee, but we were surrounded by Arabic villages, so I heard all these sounds and all this music. My father was very close friends with one of the Bedouin tribes, so I would always go there, to weddings, and I was always very fascinated by that music.

Maya Beiser

FatherMusicFriendsGoAlwaysUp

Fame, you know, it's like a handgun - in the wrong hands, it's dangerous.

Matthew Morrison

HandsYouWrongDangerousKnowFame

I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally.

Ani DiFranco

MusicConnectionsJust BecauseMean

I don't know where actors go after they die, but I know people who help other people have a nice place to go. And I would like to go there if I can.

Jeff Conaway

PeopleDieHelpI CanPlaceNice

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

Tom Verlaine

QualityWonderSoundI WonderLike

You want to be the best at work in order to go out and celebrate.

Rob Gronkowski

WorkBestCelebrateYouGoWant

My parents live right down the street from the house I grew up in.

Miranda Lambert

LiveParentsHouseDownStreetUp

I'm a singer and performer in a hybrid show that's standup, music and audience participation.

Jason Alexander

MusicParticipationAudienceSinger

Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect.

Douglas Coupland

CreativeRecognitionPlacesBecome

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.

William Osler

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