William John Wills Quotes

They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an expedition, that will probably start for the interior of our continent next March.

William John Wills

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 5, 1834 - 1861

Topics

StartExplorationMarchWillOut

I'm not a techie, but I don't know how I lived without an iPad! Mine comes with me everywhere. As greatest inventions go, it's up there with electricity and cars.

Joanna Garcia

MeElectricityGoKnowWithoutUp

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

Michael Badnarik

FirstLinesAgainstCriminals

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

Stanislav Grof

BornSaidInadequateModelSimply

Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are.

Shonda Rhimes

WomenPeopleIdeasSeemSawKnew

You just have to adapt, and you have to realize where people are going to actually play their games. It used to just be Nintendo and PlayStation, and now it's all kind of devices. So you've got to learn to adapt what you know from the technology into those areas... I've been wanting to do a mobile game for a long time.

Tony Hawk

TechnologyTimePeopleGameLearn

I think I was always looking for that perfect woman, who obviously doesn't exist. I wanted to be married. I wanted more kids. I'm a family man, at heart.

Rod Stewart

FamilyHeartWomanManLookingMore

We think there should be a better countering-violent-extremism effort, that there should be a lead agency tasked to handle that.

Michael McCaul

EffortThinkBetterLeadHandle

I'm motivated to be No. 1.

Jason Day

Motivated

Theater is just so much more satisfying than film or television just because you deliver the whole thing from start to finish in one evening, and you can tell if people have enjoyed it or not. That's great to do every night to go in front of a full room of people and tell the story. There's nothing like that really.

Jonny Lee Miller

GreatPeopleNightStartEvening

I put pressure on myself and feel pressure from my fans to not only win but to look great doing it.

Jon Jones

GreatMyselfWinPressureDoingPut

Obama does seem to have what both FDR and Lincoln had, which is the recognition that you have to hold back at times and then wait to come forward.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

WaitForwardRecognitionYouBack

I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.

Chris Isaak

HomeMusicHappyMeGrowAmerican

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