Thor Heyerdahl Quotes

Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war.

Thor Heyerdahl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: norwegian
  • Birth: October 6, 1914 - April 18, 2002

Topics

GreatHatePeaceWarWishGuilty

In real life, I have mostly gone for nice guys. I definitely had a phase where I was like, "Oh, the bad guy is really cool." It's fun to be bad for a while, and then that ended really terribly - one piece of advice I'll give to people is your mom is always right.

Melissa Ordway

LifeFunPeopleCoolMomAdvice

I feel like any actor should always be thinking about how to serve the story. The thing to be cautious of is trying to make too much of your 'moment,' or whatever. The story is a lot bigger than you, and you're there to help it along.

Melanie Lynskey

MomentStoryThinkingFeelHelpYou

Those at the top would do better with a smaller share of a booming economy that elicits a positive politics than they will do with an ever-larger share of an anemic economy that fuels the politics of anger.

Robert Reich

PositivePoliticsAngerBetterTop

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

Ambrose Bierce

HopeDisappointmentPresentEternity

I dreamed of being a professional skater once. I wanted to be a Korean Olympic skater, but I wasn't good enough, so I quit.

Song Joong-ki

GoodEnoughProfessionalQuitBeing

Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect.

Steven Pinker

HairReputationBootsLong HairYou

Before replays, football telecasts were filled with dead spots... It really destroyed the momentum of the telecasts. Replays gave you something to show during the pauses. It seemed to make the game go faster.

Tony Verna

FootballGameMomentumYouGoDead

Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.

Martin Scorsese

GodFlyingLovedSpeedFilmmaking

The terms of copyright last far too long: either the life of the author plus 70 years after death for a personal work or 95 years for a corporate work. That length doesn't encourage more authorship - it merely limits the speakers who could share powerful speeches, books, and films.

Marvin Ammori

LifeWorkDeathLimitsPowerful

QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent.

Miranda Otto

HistoryTalentLongAustralian

It's a good community, country music, because we get the chance to sit down and... me and Tim McGraw spend a lot of time. Me and Kenny Chesney had the opportunity to spend a lot of time together. It's been a lot of great advice through the years.

Luke Bryan

GoodMusicOpportunityCommunityMe

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

Julia Leigh

WorkWritingStoryThinkYouRight

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