Michael Smith Quotes

My mother attended the local church, Saint Nicolas, and consequently, I attended that church and its Sunday School. My only prizes from the Sunday School were 'for attendance,' so I presume my atheism, which developed when I left home to attend university, although latent, was discernible.

Michael Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 26, 1932 - October 4, 2000

Topics

MotherHomeSchoolChurchSunday

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few.

John Masefield

CommunityManPoetryBecomePrinting

We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do.

Skitch Henderson

BusinessTodayCreativeYouSayTry

I do like any kind of project that has both comedy and drama in it because in life you don't have one day where everything is funny then the next day everything is dramatic.

Topher Grace

LifeFunnyDayComedyYouDrama

Liberals get credit for good intentions, and that's about it, because everything they do fails.

Rush Limbaugh

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My mother is a beauty.

Mary-Louise Parker

BeautyMother

I am the largest shareholder in SoftBank; I share the same interest as the other shareholders.

Masayoshi Son

I AmSameShareShareholdersOther

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

Joyce Maynard

ChildhoodJoyOldYearsForgotten

Fire really means a certain kind of burning in the soul that one can no longer tolerate when one is pushed against a wall.

Cornel West

FireSoulWallKindAgainstBurning

There's good cops and bad cops, and the good cops have to hold the bad cops accountable. We have to hold the bad cops accountable, too.

Corey Hawkins

GoodBadHoldCopsAccountableToo

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.

Bob Black

LifeDailyDaily LifeEdgeMapsOff

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

William Inge

GovernmentDemocracyExperimentOnly

I introduced myself to then-Lieutenant General Petraeus and told him about my research interests; he gave me his card and offered to put me in touch with other researchers and service members working on the same issues.

Paula Broadwell

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