Jacob Bronowski Quotes

Power is the by-product of understanding.

Jacob Bronowski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PowerUnderstandingBy-Product

The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic.

Mel Gibson

MeDirectionTrafficThroughGhost

Winning tastes good.

Jean-Claude Killy

GoodWinningTastes

Every actor I know wants to be a pop star.

Michael Hutchence

KnowActorStarPopPop StarEvery

If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?

Steven Wright

YouShootShouldUse

I'm sure there are many more people who can identify with failure and hardship in life than with the success of an Alexander Hamilton or a John D. Rockefeller.

Ron Chernow

LifeSuccessFailurePeopleHardship

I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody.

Rufus Wainwright

BeautifulWordsThinkSayLineFan

I am healthy. I have been blessed with a very good body, and I have worked hard at it. I had surgery on my toe, and I'm still recovering from that. That's the only joint that was hurting. Earlier, I had a knee replacement, hip replacement, shoulder surgeries, but I have been lucky. I don't feel any pain when I play.

Martina Navratilova

GoodPainI AmBlessedFeelBody

I grew up in the suburbs of Connecticut - during the school time of year - but I preferred it in New Hampshire. I preferred the culture, the landscape, the relative solitude. I've always loved it.

Donald Hall

TimeCultureSchoolSolitudeLoved

Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States.

David Souter

ConstitutionOverYearsSupreme Court

For me, part of the fascination with making animation is you go to a place; it's a complete immersion in someone else's fantasy.

Chris Wedge

MeSomeoneYouPlaceGoFantasy

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.

Clarence Thomas

PeopleAdmitMiracleThinksThose

A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.

Alice Ripley

CharacterWrongNothingWhoLikable

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