John Desmond Bernal Quotes

Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so.

John Desmond Bernal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 10, 1901 - September 15, 1971

Topics

MemoryPresentAnticipationLimit

My younger sister Debby had died of cancer, which started me writing - the sense of life being short. Cancer focuses your mind.

Meg Rosoff

LifeMindMeSisterWritingShort

All the writers and producers around us that gave us the environment where we could play. They were able to provide us with a place where we could take chances to play with things, go against the grain and do things that people don't always do.

Matthew Ashford

PeopleEnvironmentPlacePlayGo

Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one.

Merle Travis

MotherWifeCreditMoreCoalWho

Hyatt lost its appeal because it was too big a machine. It's easy to systematize economies of scale, but you slowly lose who you are.

John Pritzker

EasyYouLoseLostBigBecause

Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples.

John Searle

ToolsIceFindTakeNaturalCut

I believe that we are still hovering around the realm of Asians playing all types of Asians. I do not see that changing any time soon just because there is a limited pool of Asian actors.

Steven Yeun

TimeBelievePoolJust BecauseSee

I don't want impersonators playing our music badly.

Roger Taylor

MusicWantPlayingOurBadly

The real protection of life and property, always and everywhere.

Rose Wilder Lane

LifeRealAlwaysProtectionProperty

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else, you were somewhat out of place.

Luke Bryan

MusicMemoriesYouCountryPlaceUp

Asking people for money is really different than asking people for their support.

DeRay Mckesson

MoneySupportPeopleAskingThan

I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.

Brendan Fraser

RightsBraggingBugsWorkingJust

The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands.

Philip Warren Anderson

OpportunityTakePrizePublicNobel

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