John Desmond Bernal Quotes

Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of the heartless world, as it is the soul of soulless condition. It is the opium of the people.

John Desmond Bernal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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One of the things that is so striking to me about the South, especially living here now as an adult, is that I see a lot more mixed-race couples than I saw when I was growing up in the 1980s and the 1990s. I feel like living across the color lines has become something that's more expected.

Jesmyn Ward

MeGrowing UpColorFeelNowLiving

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LifeBlessedDoingLikingLike

For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons.

John Roos

WorkFutureTogetherWorldWithout

I am an artless serf of Cupid.

Amitava Kumar

I AmAm

I spent 25 years as a stand-up comedian.

Steven Michael Quezada

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I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better.

Martina Hingis

WomenThinkBetterToo MuchThree

My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.

Mike Mills

PositiveLoveBeginningMeWriting

When I drank, I had a very different attitude towards my playing. It was sloppier but I kind of liked it that way. It was like the alcohol was telling my mind what to do.

Mick Mars

AttitudeMindAlcoholKindWayLike

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

Lotte Lehmann

MusicWordsMeFeelImportantNever

New ideas for innovation grow out of the minds of each new generation. Having an institution of higher learning that can help young people put those ideas into action is critical.

Jay Samit

LearningInnovationPeopleIdeasNew

Given that I often wear shorts with a T-shirt, baseball cap, and backpack most days, a crew-neck shirt gives me the appearance of an undercover cop on the way to a sting operation at a summer camp.

Josh Gondelman

BaseballMeAppearanceSummerWay

I'm quite a domestic person by nature, and the nomad thing had got a bit stale on me, really.

Christine McVie

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