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Kary Mullis Quotes

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.

Kary Mullis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 28, 1944

Topics

Childhood Enemies Hiding Fortunate

There seems to be a great propensity in this business to write tear-jerkers, 'You-left-me' songs. I thought, 'Why don't I count my blessings by looking at what I have?' I'm pretty much an optimistic guy.

Jerry Jeff Walker

Business Great Looking Thought Why

I love doing bank robberies, drug cases, homicides - as a prosecutor, that's what I thought I was going to be overseeing when I got to the bureau.

Robert Mueller

Love Thought Doing Bank Got Going

Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.

Michael Bolton

Time Amazing Song Information Amount

We don't watch the film anymore because we've seen it so many times, so we'll introduce it, walk out and we'll come back in right about when I wake up in the morning and walk over to the shop and everything's changed.

Simon Pegg

Morning Walk Wake Up Back Right Out

Nobody had ever told me junk food was bad for me. Four years of medical school, and four years of internship and residency, and I never thought anything was wrong with eating sweet rolls and doughnuts, and potatoes, and bread, and sweets.

Robert Atkins

Food Medical School Me Sweet Eating

My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.

Rodney Dangerfield

Friend Mother Me Never She Only

Whether it is tribalism, racism, xenophobia, or anti-Muslim backlash we're talking about, we spend so much time and energy fighting ways to divide ourselves from others.

Loretta Lynch

Time Racism Energy Fighting Talking

I miss my boats, and I miss having the ability to be out on the water during the daytime and then go skiing at night.

Jason Priestley

Water Skiing Night Go Ability Out

I was a lucky kid. You could have got 10 kids to be in The Byrds who were better than I was.

Chris Hillman

Better You Lucky Kid Got Kids

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

Colin Powell

History Think Fall Now Well Might

I've never put my hands on a woman, physically, ever.

Columbus Short

Woman Hands Never Ever Physically

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

Pierre Corneille

You Choose Dare Guess