Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied.

Charles Caleb Colton

No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.

Charles Caleb Colton

The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend.

Alan Watts

We are not clear as to the role in life of these chemicals; nor are we clear as to the role of the physician. You know, of course, that in ancient times there was no clear distinction between priest and physician.

Dave Barry

What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.

Dave Barry

Scientists tell us that the fastest animal in the world, with a speed of 120 mph, is a cow dropped out of a helicopter.

Dave Barry

Here's a simple experiment that you might want to try if there is absolutely nothing else going on in your life. All you need is a cork, a bar magnet, and a pail of water. Simply attach your magnet to your cork, then drop it into the water, and voilà (literally, "you have a compass")-you have a compass. How does it work? Simple. Notice that, no matter which way you turn the bucket, the cork always floats on top of the water (unless the magnet is too heavy). Using this scientific principle, early hardy mariners were able to tell at a glance whether they were sinking!

David Sarnoff

I ... began my career as a wireless amateur. After 43 years in radio, I do not mind confessing that I am still an amateur. Despite many great achievements in the science of radio and electronics, what we know today is far less than what we have still to learn.

David Sarnoff

Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe.

Dick Bruna

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

Bob Kane

I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.

Auberon Waugh

The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They are both absolutely right.

Adolf Hitler

Capitalism and Bolshevism are the two sides of the same international Jewish coin.

Janet Jackson

There are two sides of the Velvet Rope. Those who want to be on the other side and those who are on the other side.

Alan Dershowitz

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

D. H. Lawrence

One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and owned, they are like the two sides of a ghastly disease.

David Axelrod

This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today - a competitive marketplace: That's an idea that both sides embrace.

Angelina Jolie

I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express.

Brigitte Bardot

[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible. My life was totally turned upside down. I was followed, spied upon, adored, insulted. My private life became public.

Sammy Cahn

Do you think I'm wandering around all day thinking, 'I must write a song called 'Three Coins In The Fountain'?' Only an idiot would do that.

Banksy

Keep your coins, I want change.

William Shakespeare

Coins always make sound but currency notes are always silent, so when ever your value increases keep yourself calm and silent.

David Attenborough

The reverse side of the coin in having this extraordinary ability to go anywhere, is that no one anywhere is remote any more.

Alexander Pope

Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old.

Cormac McCarthy

I got here the same way the coin did.

David Gemmell

It is a merchant's nature to quibble over coins. It is how we become rich and buy satin shirts. The problems of who governs this area is one for another day.

Paul Lewis

If we put all the coins in a line on the pavement, it would stretch over 1km down the road.