Arthur Eddington Quotes

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

Arthur Eddington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 28, 1882 - November 22, 1944

Topics

DoingKnowUnknownSomething

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

GoodManGood ManFriendsYouBad

The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.

Michael Chang

CommunityMeWinProudFeelingPlay

The team is the most important thing.

Luka Modric

TeamImportantThe Most Important

Of course I planned to write the Great American Novel; that lasted about a week, at which point I decided I had nothing to say that could possibly qualify. So I wrote a romance instead.

Jasmine Cresswell

GreatAmericanWeekSayNothing

A lot of people don't understand why I'm not out diving for treasure.

Clive Cussler

PeopleTreasureWhyUnderstandOut

The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall.

Chuck Jones

ValueFlowersMeBirdsUnexpected

Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block.

Annie Dillard

PastYouWoodNothingAimWill

If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.

Anthony Hopkins

PatienceHomeTimeMyselfActing

I'm very rich - in friends. I'm too nice a fellow. I give most of my money away.

Wolfman Jack

MoneyRichFriendsNiceAwayGive

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

Tim Robbins

ThinkCreditGiftedFilmmakerLike

My mother and father didn't love each other, so they were always fighting.

Tina Turner

LoveFatherMotherFightingAlways

And that does concern me, because we're not getting enough back for our taxes that we're paying. I think we really have to look at the whole sort of area.

Rex Hunt

MeThinkEnoughLookBackTaxes

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