George Gaylord Simpson Quotes

Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man.

George Gaylord Simpson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 16, 1902 - October 6, 1984

Topics

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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.

Joan of Arc

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The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that.

John Henry Carver

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Having worked with Sarah Paulson on 'American Horror Story: Hotel' and seeing the lengths she goes to when shooting a scene, you go, 'Oh, so that's what this is going to be like.'

Max Greenfield

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The music industry is very small.

Rita Ora

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For one thing there is the divinest, cleanest air to be breathed anywhere in God's world.

Mary Hunter Austin

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I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

Mary Karr

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I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.

Michael Phelps

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Derivatives are a huge, complex issue.

Judd Gregg

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I kept on writing and illustrating, for this is what I did well because I loved it.

Jean Craighead George

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I told people I was going to be a wrestler, and they fell down laughing.

Diamond Dallas Page

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Obama was the first president whose biography makes sense to me. He can walk into a room anywhere and find common ground with any person.

Claire Messud

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When I did the video for 'Holding Out For A Hero,' we filmed that on top of the Grand Canyon, and that was quite frightening. I was close to the edge, and there was a helicopter hovering about, creating a lot of wind, and I was nervous I was going to fall off.

Bonnie Tyler

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