Jacques Monod Quotes

What I have tried to show is that the scientific attitude implies what I call the postulate of objectivity - that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan, that there is no intention in the universe.

Jacques Monod

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 9, 1910 - May 31, 1976

Topics

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Every time I write a book, I think how I could be doing it better to please people - a nicer book with nicer characters - but I just can't.

John Burnside

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Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.

John Rhys-Davies

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For as long as I'm able to write songs and sing them, it's just about making them ones I feel proud to sing again and again.

Steve Forbert

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Conflicting legislation and regulations, overlapping mandates, unwillingness to enforce land use, elite capture, entrenched attitudes, and lack of incentives to influence behavior are rife in many resource-rich countries.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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I never got into the horror genre, and action was fine, but I just loved comedy. Any comedy I could get my hands on, I would. I watched 'Saturday Night Live' religiously.

Rob Riggle

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I wouldn't know what to do retiring. So I have no plans to retire.

Ronald Meyer

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I'm not the only guy who doesn't have an independent wrestling background. You know, I have a football background, but I also have a wrestling one.

Roman Reigns

FootballYouKnowIndependentGuy

It's a dream for a director, at least to try a studio movie.

Michel Hazanavicius

DreamTryDirectorStudioMovie

I think it's a brilliant tool to have, not only to have a sense of humor, but to be able to use humor to help one navigate life, and I tend not to be that type of person. I wish I were.

Delroy Lindo

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I think that we have a number of different health care challenges in our country, and certainly addressing the uninsured is one, and the second is making sure that those with health insurance actually get the care that they assume they'll have available to them if they get sick.

Debbie Stabenow

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Obama's ability to use his personality to push folks, whether on Capitol Hill or in Europe, means that he has to stay popular. What happens if he loses that popular mandate?

Chuck Todd

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I've been a very lucky actor.

Bob Newhart

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