Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Hume

What would become of history, had we not a dependence on the veracity of the historian, according to the experience, what we have had of mankind?

Benjamin Franklin

Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter'd.

Benjamin Franklin

Mankind are dastardly when they meet with opposition.

Arthur C. Clarke

Science is the only religion of mankind.

Bertrand Russell

What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know.

Edmund Burke

Futurity is the great concern of mankind.

Aristotle

The avarice of mankind is insatiable.

Garth Brooks

When there's only one race, and that's mankind, we shall be free.

Elias Canetti

You draw closer to truth by shutting yourself off from mankind.

Elon Musk

You should be innovating so fast that you're invalidating your prior patents

Candace Bushnell

Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!

Nathan Myhrvold

Making money from enforcing patents is no more wrong than investing in preferred stock.

Nathan Myhrvold

I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it... Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business.

Nikola Tesla

Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using 17 of my patents.

Thorstein Veblen

While the proximate ground of discrimination may be of another kind, still the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the requirement of a substantial and patent waste of time.

Oliver Kahn

I am relaxed about the situation now. If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.

Marlon Wayans

I got written out of 'G.I. Joe' and was like, 'Welp, I'm going to go back to what I do: writing and producing comedy.'

Kate O'Mara

I enjoy producing because the show becomes your baby.

Dee Snider

I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy. I can't get into minute details.

Garry Garner

We've been producing those since at least 1969.

Scott Davis

You're not producing them to eat; you're producing them to breed.

Ed Schafer

You're not producing a whole lot of children.

Damian Lewis

Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.

Randy Lascody

This time of year, these fronts are ineffective in producing a lot of rain.

Alan Paton

Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

Alan Bennett

Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards.

Bob Doyle

We want to stand on our two feet.

Norma Aviles

Wake up. See what's happening. Today it's me, tomorrow it could be you standing here. It's a place you don't want to stand.

Jorge Cruz

We want our voices to be heard. Us students, we will take action. We will stand up for what we believe.

Joe Farmer

We're standing by, waiting for them to tell us what to do.

Ayn Rand

You don't know how hard I've tried to be left standing all by myself.

Jeff Olson

The expectations are very high. The standards were set long before I was born.

Boomer Esiason

Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great.