John Cornforth Quotes

I started doing experiments - mostly in organic chemistry, because it was so much more interesting - in my mother's laundry at home.

John Cornforth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: September 7, 1917 - December 8, 2013

Topics

MotherHomeInterestingDoingMore

The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person.

Max von Sydow

DevilPersonCharmingMustBeen

Playing the greatest warrior in the seven kingdoms, that's absolutely no pressure.

Luke Roberts

PressureWarriorPlayingGreatest

I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to the rink, they make costumes for you. Your parents sit around and watch admiringly while you skate. You don't have to think about anything but skating. You're just plain spoiled.

Dorothy Hamill

ParentsThinkYouSkatingKidWatch

My parents were both writers - they would type their manuscripts sitting side by side on the veranda of our house near Watford - so I wanted to do something different. I wanted to be a bluegrass singer, an architect, a landscape gardener, or to do something with animals.

Deborah Moggach

ParentsLandscapeHouseSittingSide

Music and dance influence my style in a lot of ways. Sometimes I go off to work dressed up like I'm going to hit the stage and perform.

China Anne McClain

WorkMusicStyleDanceInfluenceGo

My husband and I were excited about having a kid - it was having a baby that had us worried. We had a lot to learn, so like good liberal arts graduates, we signed up for a class.

Chelsea Cain

GoodBabyHusbandLearnClassKid

I don't consider myself a 'radical.' Radical in American society has, I think, become this buzzword that makes a lot of ideas and discussions seem foreign or new to people - whether for or against them. Is it radical to seek justice? Is it radical to be rescued by love? Is it subversive to be sweet?

Chelsea Manning

LoveJusticeMyselfLove IsIdeas

I took on the role of CEO, which involves directing the Management Team and overall day-to-day operations of 500.

Christine Tsai

TeamManagementOperationsCEORole

My American audiences are pretty mixed. I get all sorts of people, old and young. It's nice.

Aretha Franklin

PeopleAmericanYoungNiceOldGet

There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might somehow offend those of other religions or none.

Pope Benedict XVI

FestivalsChristmasBeliefReligions

In the Caribbean islands, especially in Jamaica, have I found a country similar to South Africa plus the racial freedom I had sought so long.

Peter Abrahams

FreedomLongCountryAfricaRacial

For me, it's about being a star, being a superstar, and not just winning a world title but becoming the best-ever British fighter this country has ever had. That's what I am, and that's what I intend to do.

Tyson Fury

I AmMeWinningWorldCountryStar

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