John Desmond Bernal Quotes

The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country.

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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So long as our Corps fields such Marines, America has nothing to fear from tyrants, be they Fascists, Communists or Tyrants with Medieval Ideology. For we serve in a Corps with no institutional confusion about our purpose: To fight! To fight well!

Jim Mattis

FearPurposeFightAmericaLong

The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him and openly demonstrate their desire to destroy him.

Meir Kahane

HateEvilWorldBrandDesireUpset

What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.

John Lithgow

LiveComedyYouFeelingAspire

I wouldn't know how to design. I couldn't even if I wanted to, for I can't draw, and a pair of scissors in my hands becomes a dangerous weapon.

Jean Patou

DesignHandsDangerousKnowWeapon

I'm a theatre person, that's who I am. I'm happy to make sojourns into the world of movies but I'm basically a theatre director that potters off and does a couple of movies.

Stephen Daldry

I AmHappyTheatreWorldPersonOff

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

Dorothea Dix

LifeHappyDwellWhoThosePublic

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.

Arthur Golden

Never Give UpNeverUpRiversWash

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

Anthony Trollope

GentlemanMoreThoughMuch

I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role.

Shia LaBeouf

MeThinkLos AngelesYoungActorUp

Going to Mars is a bunch of baby steps, and it started off with the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin.

Scott Kelly

SpaceBabyHumanFirstMarsGoing

I think 'Believer' and 'Leland' were such great things to have been a part of, and I learned a lot.

Ryan Gosling

GreatThinkGreat ThingsThingsBeen

Fishing in sustainable ways means fewer fish, higher quality, better price at the market. That is a formula that is good for the environment and the fisherman but bad for the consumer.

Mark Kurlansky

GoodQualityFishingBetterFish

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