Allison Pearson Quotes

For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up to the manly virtues.

Allison Pearson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: 1960

Topics

WomenMenQuestionUpManlyVirtues

I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a child singing in church. And it isn't very different. Of course, nothing looks quite like Notre Dame de Paris.

Jessye Norman

GreatTimeChildSingingWorldFeel

TARP became so politicized that having money from it was almost like a scarlet letter. There were debates over compensation, worry that the rules were going to get changed. All the banks were desperately rushing to get that money back as soon as possible - in part, so they could pay themselves bonuses without any government restrictions.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

MoneyGovernmentWorryBackRules

I'm sick of the treadmill.

Andrea Martin

SickTreadmill

I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many.

Robert Indiana

ArtDoneRealizeProtestVogueMany

All science is based on models, and every scientific model comprises three distinct stages: statement of well-defined hypotheses; deduction of all the consequences of these hypotheses, and nothing but these consequences; confrontation of these consequences with observed data.

Maurice Allais

ScienceDataConsequencesThree

Egocentrism appears to us as a form of behavior intermediate between purely individual and socialized behavior.

Jean Piaget

BehaviorIndividualUsBetweenForm

Words are both my vocation and my avocation - reading, writing, editing, teaching.

Christina Baker Kline

WordsWritingReadingEditingBoth

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

Booker T. Washington

YourselfSomeoneYouLiftWantUp

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where, why, when, and how!' They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.

Sylvia Earle

BestCuriosityQuestionsYearWonder

Ultimately, people do want to buy merch and tickets to support their favorite bands, but they don't want to feel like it's the only thing going on.

Pete Wentz

SupportPeopleFeelWantBuyGoing

On TV, the children can watch people murdering each other, which is a very unnatural thing, but they can't watch two people in the very natural process of making love. Now, really, that doesn't make any sense, does it?

Sharon Tate

LoveChildrenPeopleProcessNow

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.

Sherilyn Fenn

LoveDancePeopleDesireSeriously

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