Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.

Alexander Graham Bell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: inventor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: March 3, 1847 - August 2, 1922

Topics

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That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity.

Joe Nichols

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For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I only change it on average about two lines per movie.

John Sayles

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I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And I wanted to be like him.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Our grandkids will lead the lives of the gods of mythology. Zeus could think and move objects around. We'll have that power. Venus had a perfect, timeless body. We'll have that, too. Pegasus was a flying horse. We'll be able to modify life in the future.

Michio Kaku

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My theory is that literature is essential to society in the way that dreams are essential to our lives. We can't live without dreaming - as we can't live without sleep. We are 'conscious' beings for only a limited period of time, then we sink back into sleep - the 'unconscious.' It is nourishing, in ways we can't fully understand.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Working against a restriction - for me - often produces greater things than getting rid of all boundaries.

Jon Lord

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My brother is a scientist. He's a professor at MIT. He brought science fiction into my world.

Chris Carter

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I think it's quite obvious my work is made by a woman, because I have never wanted to make anything that is not ephemeral. But I definitely want to be thought of as an artist first.

Cornelia Parker

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I want to show how much fun you can have drawing... parents and children can draw together as a wonderful shared activity.

Chris Riddell

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One day, I would like to be a part of a stage production, preferably a musical.

Alia Bhatt

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I enjoy looking back on my life. I'm thinking seriously about starting to write about it.

Kris Kristofferson

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I just want to make music that people hear, and I'm not ashamed of that.

Justin Tranter

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