Jacob Bronowski Quotes

We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.

Jacob Bronowski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureConfidenceFutureImagination

I ended up living in braids. It was the '90s - thin braids were very popular - and my mom took me to a lady's kitchen. I got it done, and I've never stopped.

Jessica Williams

MeMomKitchenLadyDoneLiving

One of the problems in the biotech world is the lack of women in leadership roles, and I'd like to see that change by walking the walk.

Jennifer Doudna

LeadershipChangeWomenWalkWorld

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.

Anatole France

CreditPoorVirtuePayCashBecause

I'm happy to do voice-overs. I always have a good time doing them. I like to explore vocal nuance and accents and different people, different personalities. In a way, it is a lot more freeing than having your face up there.

Anjelica Huston

GoodTimeHappyPeopleFaceDoing

Being that I was raised in the Catholic faith, I am very careful about what I choose. I've turned down a lot of projects that... could have helped me a lot financially, and I've quit shows because of where they were going and because I feel like I have to be a role model for my kids.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

FaithI AmMeFeelChooseDown

If you are sincere and true to your work, you will be respected. And for me, respect is power.

Riteish Deshmukh

WorkPowerRespectMeYouTrue

Evidence and economic theory suggests that control of the Internet by the phone and cable companies would lead to blocking of competing technologies.

Marvin Ammori

ControlInternetPhoneLeadEvidence

America will nurture a new Muslim - one who can believe in Muhammad and the Quran but who abandons belief in a Shariah-based state and affirms the primary American value of individual liberty, which has not been a normative Islamic value.

Dennis Prager

ValueBelieveAmericanAmericaNew

Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs... gangsters who lust after fortunes and power.

Cindy Sheehan

PowerLustCountryBeenWhoOur

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Bruce Lee

TruthTruth IsOutsidePatternsSet

Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.

Anton Rubinstein

MeThinkCallComposersPianist

I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail.

Alma Guillermoprieto

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