Samuel E. Morison Quotes

Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.

Samuel E. Morison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1887 - May 15, 1976

Topics

MindReputationBadEarlyAlmost

A lot of the work at Oculus has gone into working out better position tracking.

John Carmack

WorkBetterOutPositionGoneLot

Country hillbilly music I love. Always have.

Ry Cooder

LoveMusicCountryAlwaysHillbilly

I think, when I was 25, nobody in the world knew who I was.

Mary Beard

WorldThinkNobodyWhoKnewI Think

Ironically, it is only when disaster strikes that the shuttle makes the headlines. Its routine flights attracted less media interest than unmanned probes to the planets or the images from the Hubble Telescope. The fate of Columbia (like that of Challenger in 1986) reminded us that space is still a hazardous environment.

Martin Rees

SpaceFateEnvironmentMediaRoutine

Barbecue is an incredibly democratic food. It's cheaper than McDonald's in many places and far more delicious. On the other hand, the only reason it can be that cheap is they use commodity hogs, the worst of the worst, which is - you know, it's an industry kind of ruining North Carolina.

Michael Pollan

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By the time buzzwords appear in the popular press, there's probably a bunch of us in the development trenches pulling out our hair and weeping.

Molly Holzschlag

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I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.

LL Cool J

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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.

Joseph Addison

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When you go to awards shows these days, you can walk through a room and they give you everything for free: sunglasses, guitars, stuff for the wife.

Jordan Knight

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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

Clarence Darrow

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I do like silver. I love antiques. I collect Georgian glass at home. When you think about how fragile that it is and think about how long these things have lasted - some of it is 400 years old - I find the history of these things extraordinary.

Anthony Warlow

LoveHomeHistoryThinkLongYou

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.

Anne-Marie Duff

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