Thomas Huxley Quotes

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.

Thomas Huxley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 4, 1825 - June 29, 1895

Topics

LifeScienceUpDelusionIndustry

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.

Jimmy Carr

PersonalityJobYouTragedyWant

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing the body can use.

Andrea Dworkin

IntelligenceChildBodyNothingLike

Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.

Steven Brust

SpeakAlwaysDragonEnragedPolitely

I'm an American songbook guy, though I've got eclectic tastes. I really love the American songbook. I've taken up the ukulele, and so you can play 'Five Foot Two' and Hawaiian music, but you can also do some of the great tunes, like 'You Go to My Head,' 'I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry,' 'Taking a Chance on Love.'

Tony Danza

LoveMusicGreatTearsChanceYou

I'm a liberal arts junkie.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

LiberalArtsLiberal Arts

I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.

Devdutt Pattanaik

FocusMeAmericanIndiaWriteLike

As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose.

Dennis C. Blair

WarSaidChinaUnitedUnited States

I'd love to give my girls a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz, but we've raised them to love Tuscan food so much that they don't care for it. My favorite is a nice polenta with beef stew and broccoli rabe on the side.

Debi Mazar

LoveFoodCareNiceJazzSide

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

Anthony Hopkins

Too MuchTryOrchestraArrogantMuch

I always train and prepare with highest concentration and focus on my next opponent. To me, it does not matter what his name is.

Wladimir Klitschko

FocusMeNameTrainMatterOpponent

Banish the words 'I can't' from your vocabulary. Remember: If 'can't' equals 'won't', 'can' equals 'will.'

Phyllis George

WordsRememberWillVocabularyYour

When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat.

Susana Martinez

VoteFirstDemocratRegistered

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