Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.

Stephen Jay Gould

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1941 - May 20, 2002

Topics

PeopleSeedsToolsLearnPolitical

With a face like mine, I do better in print.

Jerry Springer

FaceBetterMineLikePrint

Working on 'Mad Men,' everything is word for word. And, honestly, I couldn't come up with anything better than that, so it's fine.

Jessica Pare

MenBetterMadEverythingAnything

As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.

Melissa Leo

LifeLiveAloneTimeYourselfThink

Hillary Clinton has a strong and powerful voice regarding ending violence against women and girls.

Amanda Lindhout

WomenEndingVoiceStrongPowerful

I've never really been the type of person who worries much about what people think of me.

Stephen Baldwin

PeopleMeThinkPersonNeverBeen

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

Sophocles

PowerfulConscienceWithinUsWhich

I remember when I was about 12, I read M. R. James' 'Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary' under the covers, way too young to fully understand what was going on with those stories - completely terrified but absolutely loved them.

Tom Goodman-Hill

LovedRememberYoungUnderstandWay

What works most effectively for quelling disease outbreaks like Ebola is not quarantining huge populations. What works is focusing on and isolating the sick and those in direct contact with them as they are at highest risk of infection. This strategy worked with SARS, and it worked during the H1N1 flu pandemic.

Tom Frieden

SickStrategyRiskFluContactLike

Let's say I find a lot of current American fiction too overwritten for my tastes, too self-conscious; I like something that's simpler and more direct. The story is what matters to me. I hope to make it seem real to readers, as if it happened just like this - so I don't want fancy descriptions getting in the way.

Ronald Frame

HopeMeStoryAmericanFindWant

Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary speech is usually corrected when it's transcribed into written prose.

Joyce Carol Oates

CuriousBetterSpeechRoamingBeen

I know Andy Roddick's probably tired about me talking about how many times I beat him when we were kids.

Drew Brees

TiredMeTalkingKnowHimBeat

Whenever I have time and am compelled to watch anything, it's usually something I'm not in!

Doug Hutchison

TimeAnythingWatchSomethingAm

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