Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1820 - January 18, 1904

Topics

MistakeNeverSoundDiscretionMuch

I think Wilkie Collins was a man ahead of his time, asking really important questions but also telling a really good and thrilling story.

Jessie Buckley

GoodTimeManStoryThinkQuestions

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

Jessamyn West

ChangeFactsIgnoreWantFitEasier

Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized.

John Cameron

WorkMedicalPhysicsNormalCancer

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.

Jenny Shipley

WomenProgressNewOwnZealandMade

My son is very trendy and with-it, and he was the one who showed me 'Gummo.'

Anita Pallenberg

SonMeTrendyWhoHeVery

I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light.

Ang Lee

LightGreenDestinyNameYouSword

Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.

Smokey Robinson

MyselfSongPotentialYouWantEven

I still feel that I can get better somehow. And I search for it all of the time.

Tony Bennett

TimeSearchBetterFeelI CanGet

I try not to think too much about an audience when I'm writing the first draft of a book - at that stage, the prospect of anyone reading what I've written would be enough to scare me into setting my laptop on fire.

Robin Wasserman

FireMeWritingBookReadingThink

Just to see if I liked vlogging, I uploaded a video of my sister and I cleaning up a river in a canoe for Earth Day. The sound was horrible, and the quality was horrible... But you have to blog what's interesting to you and not care what anyone thinks.

Rosanna Pansino

QualityDayRiverSisterCareYou

The main thread of my work is structure property relations and materials. If you have certain atoms, why do they attract each other? Why do they make compounds? Why do they do what they do?

Mildred Dresselhaus

WorkYouWhyStructureProperty

Certainly not everybody that is different is necessarily autistic, but there are a lot of undiagnosed people, and it's not necessarily something that needs to have attention to it, unless that person is feeling uncomfortable in the world or they need extra help or something.

Jasika Nicole

PeopleWorldHelpAttentionPerson

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