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Hendrik Poinar Quotes

You can go into caves, and they can maintain constant conditions of temperature and humidity over long periods of time, even though the outside temperature may be way above what it is inside the cave.

Hendrik Poinar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: dutch
Birth: May 31, 1969

Topics

Time Long You Go Way Cave

When you really study espionage movies, or spy movies, the beginnings are really set up to have, like, an amazing bit of action, but at the moment you're watching it, you have no idea why or what it's about.

John Lasseter

Moment Amazing Action You Movies Up

You know, I remember Career Day in high school. I remember plumbers and lawyers... I don't remember a booth where you could sign up to learn how to shoot chickens out of a cannon at the windshield of an airplane, 'cause there would have been a line at my school to do that!

Jeff Foxworthy

Day School Airplane High School You

As a matter of fact, when compression technology came along, we thought the future in 1996 was about voice. We got it wrong. It is about voice, video, and data, and that is what we have today on these cell phones.

Steve Buyer

Future Technology Today Thought Data

Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking.

Stephen Covey

Thinking Social Habits Rooted Some

With time, fashion has become part of my DNA.

Roberto Cavalli

Time Fashion DNA Become Part

The most appealing side-effect of Sri Lankan cricket from where I stand, shuffling words, has been linguistic.

Romesh Gunesekera

Words Cricket Stand Where Been Most

I'm a big fan of Lou Reed, and I do a lot of talking through songs. It's more effective with my vocal limitations and also more powerful to slightly sing sometimes. It depends on the emotion, but I'm never going to try to compete with great singers.

Mary Gauthier

Great Talking Powerful Sometimes Try

It's very hard to be cut off in Glasgow because it's such a small city. You know, we have the highest rate of per-capita imprisonment, certainly in Britain, maybe in Europe. We have a very high murder rate here. So most people will know someone who's been to prison.

Denise Mina

People City Small Prison Someone

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

Bruce Springsteen

Music Best Patriotism Angry Real

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.

Anne Wojcicki

Health Risks Better Decisions Help

How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me.

Paul Weyrich

Me Environment Election Beyond Tell

You may be sick of what you did the first half of your life, but you don't have to just walk around and play golf or doing nothing. It's not like fifty is the new thirty. It's like fifty is the new chapter.

Sharon Stone

Life Walk Sick Golf Doing You