Christian de Duve Quotes

I knew the lysosomes and peroxisomes because I had discovered them; I knew the mitochondria because I was interested in them. I knew the membrane system because my friend, George Palade, had worked on that.

Christian de Duve

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: belgian
  • Birth: October 2, 1917 - May 4, 2013

Topics

FriendSystemBecauseInterestedHad

I'm very ditsy and a klutz. I've been known to walk on stage and fall over my dress.

Jessica Simpson

WalkDressFallOverStageBeen

Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. Otherwise, the decisions they make could be flawed - and that can be dangerous.

John F. Kelly

TruthDecisionDecisionsYouHouse

A bumblebee can't fly. He's aerodynamically unsound. But he doesn't know that.

Melvin Van Peebles

FlyKnowHeUnsound

Since I took the decision at the age of 16 to join Bayern, I have been proud every single day to have been part of this amazing club.

Toni Kroos

AgeDecisionDayAmazingProudClub

When I became a teen, I ran into a friend at a magic shop who took me under his wing. I started reading up on magical theory and immediately blended that with what my brothers had shown me.

Apollo Robbins

FriendTeenMeReadingMagicUp

I was ecstatic when we won - to host the Olympics is one of the biggest opportunities in living memory. It will help change the lives of young people and transform east London.

Sebastian Coe

ChangeMemoryPeopleOpportunities

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

Leslie Mann

AuditioningNerve-Racking

I am isolated as an artist, not as a person.

Howard Hodgkin

I AmArtistPersonIsolatedAm

The excitement does not change. After 40 years in the business, I still find the show to be a magical moment - the performance anxiety, the litmus test.

Giorgio Armani

ChangeBusinessMomentPerformance

Take a random selection of photographs of America in 2012 and 2002 and 1992 and, except for the skinny jeans and the porkpie hats, you'll be hard-pressed to tell the years in which the pictures were taken.

Graydon Carter

RandomAmericaHatsYouPictures

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

George Santayana

ChaosNameMindsConfusionOrder

You know, many people have called me, friends from the nationalist camp, revisionists and so on, from around the world, have called me over the years - and now again because of what happened - and they are all very cynical about the police and the authorities.

Ernst Zundel

PolicePeopleMeWorldFriendsYou

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