Asa Gray Quotes

I proceed with the proper subject of this discourse; namely, the further changes in scientific belief, which have occurred within my own recollection, even since the time when I first aspired to authorship, now forty- five years ago.

Asa Gray

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 18, 1810 - January 30, 1888

Topics

TimeNowBeliefMy OwnChangesOwn

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

John Jay Chapman

GoodGovernmentVirtueOutcome

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

Stephen Leacock

SunPlanetsAstronomyCorrectUse

It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep.

Sloane Crosley

DepressionCreativeFunHave Fun

I'm probably an average hitter, at least, and if you talk to my peers, they will tell you that I hit the ball plenty far enough.

Luke Donald

EnoughYouWillTalkBallTell

The mass culture of childhood right now is astonishingly technical. Little kids know their Unix path punctuation so they can get around the Web, and they know their HTML and stuff. It's pretty shocking to me.

Jaron Lanier

PathCultureChildhoodMeKnowNow

I'm not a big drinking person and hardly ever have alcohol. Perhaps it's not sweet enough for my sweet tooth.

Dawn French

SweetAlcoholEnoughPersonBig

Spain is such a competitive league, and for the players to give up La Liga, it's such a tough decision.

David Silva

DecisionToughUpCompetitiveSpain

Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams. Dig deeper into your dreams and deeper into yourself and believe that anything is possible, and make it happen.

Corin Nemec

LifeDreamsYour DreamsYourself

I was looking for some way to put my music to some service on a nightly basis. You go into a town, you play a little music, you leave something behind. That idea connected us to the local community. It was a very simple idea, but it really resonated with me.

Bruce Springsteen

MusicCommunityServiceSimpleMe

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

Aristotle

YoungStateIntoxicationPermanently

If you win elections on the theory that government is always bad and will mess up a two-car parade... a real change-maker represents a real threat. So your only option is to create a cartoon, a cartoon alternative, then run against the cartoon. Cartoons are two-dimensional; they're easy to absorb.

William J. Clinton

GovernmentWinEasyYouBadCreate

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

William Hazlitt

LearningGreatRewardOwnExceeding

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