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Burton Richter Quotes

In 1960, I married Laurose Becker. We have two children: Elizabeth, born in 1961, and Matthew, born in 1963.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 22, 1931

Topics

Children Born Two Married Matthew

I am blessed with the energy of a chimpanzee. There is nothing I can't get up for and give it a hundred percent.

I Am Blessed Energy Nothing Up Get

When I read 'Another Country' when I was in my early 20s, you know, as soon as I put the book down, my first thought was, 'I will never be able to write a book like this.' And my second thought was, 'I really want to try writing a book like this for the 21st century.'

Writing Book Thought You Early Down

I was terrified of being a teacher. To stand in front of a classroom, the responsibility is boggling. Imagine! Standing in front of people!

Teacher Responsibility People Stand

When I'm at a show, I'm there to have fun. Let's just not care for a moment. So this cake in your face is to make you lose your mind. And it's not about caring about whatever you are wearing and caring what other people are thinking about you. Out of the context, I'm trying to develop something else.

Moment Fun Caring Cake People Mind

I'm really looking forward to it, if you can imagine floating weightless, watching the world pour by through the big bay window of the space station playing a guitar; just a tremendous place to think about where we are in history.

History Space Looking Forward Window

I wanted to write an adventure in the old-fashioned way, something to which I could apply the adjective 'rollicking' and not feel embarrassed. But I've never liked my heroes to be too heroic, so they ended up being a bunch of criminals instead.

Adventure Feel Way Never Heroes Up

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

Man Me You Know Coward Going

A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical.

Faith Knowledge War Moral Outside

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Spring Evil Events Causes

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Children Understand Never Anything

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

Respect I Am Me Fashion Director

When I was back in Cuba, who could have imagined I would be invited to the White House!

Back House White Cuba White House

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