Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

I'm not a great deductive thinker, but I will admit to having competence in a very wide range of things - not being afraid to try to write about baseball, choral music and dinosaurs in the same week and see connections among them.

Stephen Jay Gould

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MusicGreatBaseballConnectionsTry

I had a great career. I have no reason to complain. It's the way it goes in nature. You slow down. And I believe I lasted a lot longer than a lot of people.

Jens Voigt

NatureGreatPeopleBelieveSlow

All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and easy, and because of the way British society is, quite frankly you were denied an education, so I got one of my own.

John Lydon

EducationMeSocietyThoughtYou

Every Comic-Con, they have some sort of 'Dr. Horrible' panel. It's very cool!

Maurissa Tancharoen

CoolHorribleSomeEveryVerySort

I love - oh God, I shouldn't say this - I'm really good at bringing orchids back from the dead.

Stephen Moyer

LoveGoodGodBackSayDead

I had operations up until I was 18, then revision on my scars to put back my eyebrows. So I've had a lot of what is called plastic surgery. And I have huge, huge respect for what that is.

Trudie Styler

RespectBackScarsPlasticEyebrows

Prayer is the God-given communication link between Heaven and Earth, time and eternity, the finite and the infinite.

Tony Evans

CommunicationTimePrayerHeaven

I'm sure there are many more people who can identify with failure and hardship in life than with the success of an Alexander Hamilton or a John D. Rockefeller.

Ron Chernow

LifeSuccessFailurePeopleHardship

Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.

Deepika Padukone

CharacterMyselfPreparationPrepare

I have always been strong. My mentality is just that way; that's why I've been around so long.

David Silva

StrongLongWhyWayAlwaysBeen

Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too.

Chris Brown

DreamsYour DreamsFunHave FunSure

It's fun to just be an awful human being.

Colleen Ballinger

FunHumanHuman BeingBeingJust

I was allowed to write about race using an elevator metaphor because of Toni Morrison and David Bradley and Ralph Ellison. Hopefully, me being weird allows someone who's 16 and wanting to write inspires them to have their own weird take on the world, and they can see the different kinds of African American voices being published.

Colson Whitehead

MeWorldWeirdAmericanSomeoneSee

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