Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.

Stephen Jay Gould

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeOpportunityHopeScienceLying

The jellyfish doesn't actively move anywhere - it's just moved with the tides. Is that what man is? Man's just the jellyfish: stuff happens to you, and you get twisted in different directions.

Andrew Buchan

ManYouTwistedMoveGetDifferent

I think that there was a lot of fantasy projected onto me, and that resulted in a reappropriation and re-characterization of who I am.

Amanda Knox

I AmMeThinkFantasyWhoI Think

There's a huge cloud of shame around art and business being seen as bedfellows.

Amanda Palmer

BusinessArtCloudShameSeenBeing

All the music I listened to in high school that I loved and that moved me wasn't the same music other kids were listening to in school. I got into punk rock and new wave, then dub and hip-hop.

Mike D

MusicSchoolMeListeningLovedNew

I don't watch much TV at all.

Jason Derulo

WatchMuchTV

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

Josh Billings

GoodHopeAchieveJudgmentSteal

Our goal isn't to make money. Our goal absolutely at Apple is not to make money. This may sound a little flippant, but it's the truth. Our goal, and what gets us excited, is to try to make great products.

Jonathan Ive

TruthGreatMoneyAppleGoalTry

When you do one movie at a time, if one goes crazy and becomes successful, your life changes. But you can step back and catch your breath.

Chris Evans

LifeTimeStepCrazyYouBack

I, as Chrissy, want to do things that mentally, emotionally and physically make me the best that I can be.

Chrissy Metz

BestMeI CanWantThingsMentally

And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.

Christian Bale

ParentsYouRoutineBoringWorst

You can scout people as much as you want. At the end of the day, it's a fight, so you got to be ready for almost anything.

Bobby Lashley

DayFightPeopleEnd Of The DayEnd

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

Anne Rice

EvilGoodnessPossibleAlways

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