George Bentham Quotes

I first began to dry specimens for preservation carelessly perhaps at first, but before the season was over, I had collected between one and two hundred species.

George Bentham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 22, 1800 - September 10, 1884

Topics

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Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

Jerry O'Connell

FootballProfessionalNeverSomething

God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.

Meister Eckhart

HomeGodWalkOutGoneWho

Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?

Robert Goulet

StopNowWhyHangJustGetting

When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break.

Amy Ray

WorkTimeDayWritingWeekYear

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Ambrose Bierce

LifeSpiritualBodyPickleDecay

I enjoy making the decisions.

Stuart Pearce

DecisionsEnjoyMaking

The longer it takes to respond to a major development or crisis, the higher the chance of violence being seen as the only answer.

Miroslav Lajcak

ChanceViolenceCrisisDevelopment

'Salt' is like this snapshot in midair, an action shot. It's about my relationship with the church, the classical and choral music that I dealt with in school, and my new introduction to jazz. It's very hard for me to listen to from beginning to end, because I hear how lost I was.

Lizz Wright

MusicRelationshipBeginningSchool

For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there.

Jason Calacanis

BetterEntrepreneurNothingGoing

One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.

Jon Meacham

MemoriesChildhoodI AmRiverFarm

When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.

Bruce Robinson

MoneyJobMeWritingHouseActor

I always rise to the occasion for that big bet.

Bobby Riggs

RiseAlwaysBigBetOccasion

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