Jacob Bronowski Quotes

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Jacob Bronowski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 18, 1908 - August 22, 1974

Topics

ActionFindSayWillHumanMust

I love the show and a lot of what came out of it, like some of the people I met and got to work with, but those were truly some of the unhappiest days of my life.

Jhonen Vasquez

LifeWorkLovePeopleMy LifeOut

Every wedding is slightly different from the other. But you always get to meet the funny uncle and the weirdo relatives, and there's always someone trying to beat you up for not playing enough Beatles songs or something.

Jens Lekman

FunnyWeddingSomeoneEnoughYou

I'm really in touch with my fans. Through their emails, letters and stories is how I decide what music I'm going to perform.

Jenni Rivera

MusicLettersTouchDecideFansHow

The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.

John Chrysostom

LifeSimpleWisePhilosophyPoint

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

Robert Smith

LifeBestPersonReflectJustSongs

My temper manifests itself when I can't find something. I could swear that there is a plot against me to put kitchen utensils in the wrong drawers.

Tom Conti

MeKitchenFindWrongAgainstPlot

I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie.

Robbie Robertson

GreatThoughtAlwaysCageWould

One thinks that one is winning when we slap tariffs or introduce barriers to imports from another country, and we think we win. But you lose when you export because the other countries are going to raise tariffs as well. They're going to introduce barriers as well. So you win with one hand and you lose with the other.

Roberto Azevedo

WinWinningThinkYouLoseCountry

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

Mason Cooley

ThoughtPicturesBeenBooksDesires

You've got to believe in God.

Mo Farah

GodBelieveYouGot

I'm dying to be a great dad one day, whenever that day comes.

Drake

GreatDayOne DayDyingWhenever

I like the idea that cinema is a spectacle.

Denis Villeneuve

CinemaIdeaLikeSpectacle

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