George Wald Quotes

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

George Wald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleTroubleWantThingsGetMost

There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence.

Meister Eckhart

TomorrowPresentEndYesterdayNew

Our goal should be to achieve joy.

Ana Castillo

JoyGoalAchieveOurShould

We can choose to address the twin issues of population and consumption to rebalance the use of resources to a more egalitarian pattern of consumption.

John Sulston

ChooseMoreResourcesPopulationUse

In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

LifeCareRealReal LifeStereotype

Sometimes standing up for things that are right makes things tougher.

Stan Van Gundy

SometimesRightUpStandingThings

I'll tell you what I really loved: the version of 'Somebody to Love' that was in 'Happy Feet.' That was fantastic.

Roger Taylor

LoveHappyFeetLovedYouTell

We are influenced by the ideas we hear and the people we meet.

Robin S. Sharma

PeopleIdeasMeetHearInfluenced

The worst thing you can do as a performer is to judge your character in any way, positively or negatively.

Romola Garai

CharacterJudgeYouWayWorstYour

Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.

Joseph Barbera

ProcessYouCreatingPersonalTake

The Premier League and the World Cup are equally important to me.

David Silva

MeWorldImportantCupWorld Cup

I interviewed a lot of people in India, and I asked my mother to send me a lot of Bengali books on the tradition of dream interpretation. It's a real way for me to remember how people think about things in my culture.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

MotherCulturePeopleMeThinkWay

There was a gap of seven years between the first and second Dracula movies. In the second one as everybody knows, I didn't speak, because I said I couldn't say the lines.

Christopher Lee

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