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John Maynard Smith Quotes

You couldn't have human society without language.

John Maynard Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: british
Birth: January 6, 1920 - April 19, 2004

Topics

Society Language You Human Without

When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut.

Man You Down Try Right Taxes

The premise of insurance is to spread the risk. It's the premise of homeowner's insurance, of car insurance, and of health insurance. It's one reason why it's important to have insurance when you're healthy, so that when you get sick, you won't go sign up just when you get sick, because that increases the cost for everyone.

Car Health Sick Insurance You Go

This revolution, the information revoultion, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy. It's very crude today, yet our Macintosh computer takes less power than a 100-watt bulb to run it and it can save you hours a day. What will it be able to do ten or 20 years from now, or 50 years from now?

Today Power Day Energy Revolution

The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled, life-or-death situation and their fundamental behaviours are exposed, the scrim is taken away and the motivations behind each personality come out to play.

Personality War People Play Reason

Golf tough guys - like movie tough guys - are almost always inscrutable, just beyond our full understanding.

Tough Golf Understanding Beyond Just

The whole point is it's about getting as many people to come and see the play as you can.

People You Play See Point Whole

I like signing books for a living; I do. But you have no idea the panic that sets in. I am not a very good speller. Put me in a stresser situation, and I lose all capacity to recall how to spell the most simple names.

Good Simple I Am Me You Lose

If a superhero is a community superhero, then is he going to protect his community by controlling everything? If he decides to control crime, does that make him a crime boss? Does that make him a criminal?

Cheo Hodari Coker

Community Boss Control Crime Protect

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.

Criticism American Understand Policy

You can't be different for different's sake, and this doesn't always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it's not truthful, don't waste your time.

Work Time Yourself Be Different You

I have a gruff character.

Brigitte Bardot

I do sometimes cook myself, and I do enjoy it, though it does depend what's in the fridge, and filming can mean I don't have much time.

Time Myself Enjoy Sometimes Depend

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