W. Richard Stevens Quotes

In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.

W. Richard Stevens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: May 5, 1909 - September 1, 1999

Topics

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You get married and have kids, and you get sick of having the government take your money and tell you what to do. I'm just a conservative guy.

Jim Jordan

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I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances. My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears or inspiration. Otherwise, why should I do it?

John Davidson

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I own guns because it's my right, it's my Second Amendment right, and no one in Washington gave me that right; it's a natural right confirmed by the very people that founded this nation.

Jeanine Pirro

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I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another.

Andy Goldsworthy

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If it's a drama or comedy, it doesn't matter to me. I just want to like the writing.

Jean Smart

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My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.

Smedley Butler

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I grew up with Jilly and Tamsin driving Volvos. But I wasn't one of them... I always felt more comfortable with Cockney and working-class people. My heroes were the Beatles and people like Michael Caine.

Tracey Ullman

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Charity is willingly given from the heart.

Rush Limbaugh

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When we visited with legislative counsel, they told us that the only way to effectively accomplish what we were trying to do was to put the words in the legislation.

Doug Ose

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Other people gotta be told when to go to the gym, what to work out, what to work on, what to do. For me, it was always my own self-motivation of maybe just wanting to make it out of Compton. I was like that with everything in my life.

DeMar DeRozan

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I see the business side of it and moving up the ladder towards the title. That's where the money's at. That's the overall goal.

Donald Cerrone

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People do not read first. First and foremost, they see color. Then they see numbers, then shape, and then, if you still have their attention and they understand what you put in front of them, then they will read.

Debbie Millman

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