Galileo Galilei Quotes

I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is a title, and that many go in for those professions who are utterly unfit for them, while others who would be very competent are prevented by business or their daily cares, which keep them away from letters.

Galileo Galilei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: February 15, 1564 - January 8, 1642

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I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international.

Jimmy Wales

SportsCollegeProfessionalKindAny

And Warner Bros. seems to be pretty much into re-releasing all of their catalog. So there's the Warner Bros. stuff and the stuff that we have control over, we're gradually re-releasing it. Some stuff we don't have control over.

Jerry Garcia

ControlOverPrettySeemsStuff

Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.

Anika Noni Rose

LoveCrazyWeirdCircumstancesTake

No matter how much money you have, you can lose it.

Michael J. Fox

MoneyYouLoseMatterMuchHow

A knighthood would be a bit too much. An OBE or an MBE or whatever they are called, one of those would be more elegant.

Steven Berkoff

Too MuchMoreElegantWhateverWould

Hiphop has remained in an infantile stage and has not been allowed to grow.

Slick Rick

GrowStageBeenAllowedInfantile

I play with a lot of guys who say they're a five handicap, and they shoot 110. And then you play with guys who say they are a 20 and they shoot 75.

Tom Lehman

YouPlaySayShootFiveWho

When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a great release.

Ronnie Wood

GoodGreatSpiritualRealSameGet

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight.

Bob Geldof

DayTiredReadingEnd Of The DayEnd

As an American man of the 1990s writing about a Japanese woman of the 1930s, I needed to cross three cultural divides - man to woman, American to Japanese, and present to past.

Arthur Golden

WomanPastManWritingPresent

Children have a very good idea of how to distinguish between fantasies and realities. It's just they are equally interested in exploring both.

Alison Gopnik

GoodChildrenExploringGood Idea

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

Philip Schultz

AloneWorldFeelExpectationNever

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