George Porter Quotes

Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.

George Porter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 6, 1920 - August 31, 2002

Topics

WorkStrengthGreatWifeResearch

It's really remarkable when you think about what we don't like about government, we, the people created. So if we created it, we can also fix it.

Jennifer Pahlka

GovernmentPeopleThinkYouFix

All homeowners in America may deduct mortgage interest on their first and second homes.

Matthew Desmond

AmericaMortgageFirstMayInterest

The best thing #MeToo did was say women's experiences matter. You can't blame us for what happens to us anymore.

Amanda Knox

WomenBestBlameYouSayMatter

I'm not interested in making folkloric records, but I like to push the traditional format around so that familiar patterns get knocked on the head.

Ry Cooder

PushHeadPatternsGetKnockedLike

My wife is a terrific Southern cook. My favorite of all the great things she cooks is 'trash potatoes.' That's mashed potatoes with sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, and horseradish. It's a total gut bomb.

Mike Vogel

GreatWifeGreat ThingsCheeseTrash

I chose to camouflage my body into the environment because this way, people will pay more attention to the background's social property, and the meaning of my body disappeared in this environment as an individual.

Liu Bolin

PeopleMeaningAttentionBodyWay

It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World.

Jared Diamond

WorldOldNative AmericansReturn

You can't go into business thinking that success will come to you in just one or two years.

Do Won Chang

SuccessBusinessThinkingYouGo

When you write a show, every character is you to some extent.

Courtney A. Kemp

CharacterYouWriteShowSomeEvery

I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures.

Pierce Brosnan

StrengthPerseveranceGoodFaithYou

Anyone who says they are a hard man - they aren't.

Sean Bean

ManHardWhoAnyoneSays

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Norman Finkelstein

PeaceWarYouAccomplishPoint

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