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George Wald Quotes

There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.

George Wald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 18, 1906 - April 12, 1997

Topics

War Tradition Worth Nothing Defend

Earlier I had been in New York, which was my first time to New York, and I got booked in the Baby Grand up in Harlem there. I was booked there for a week; they kept me there for about a month. That's where Doc Pomus and myself became very close friends and start running together around town and what not.

Jimmy Scott

Time Myself Together New York Baby

My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen's butler.

John Oliver

Family Queen Voice Language American

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.

John Webster

Devil Never Him Politician He Sins

Why can't I make up my own characters and paint the people I want to see in the world? I'm depicting the many people who existed in history but whose presence was never documented.

Amy Sherald

History People World Want Why Never

When it comes to politics, there's never a certain yes or no to any situation.

Riteish Deshmukh

Politics Situation Never Yes Certain

We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our footprints in the wet concrete.

Ross MacDonald

Work Broken Learn Wish Personal Way

Why is freedom such a hard sell? That's the question. In this country, why has the idea of individual liberty and responsibility become such a hard sell? That's something I never thought would happen here.

Rush Limbaugh

Freedom Responsibility Thought Become

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

Joyce Meyer

Life Change Words You Powerful Your

Meetings should be like salt - a spice sprinkled carefully to enhance a dish, not poured recklessly over every forkful. Too much salt destroys a dish. Too many meetings destroy morale and motivation.

Jason Fried

Motivation Meetings Too Much Spice

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

Diane Paulus

Feel Never Director Answers

Pearls mean tears.

Doris Lessing

Tears Mean Pearls

My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.

Cillian Murphy

Live Wife Me She Always See