Carlo Alessi Quotes & Sayings

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. — Carl Sagan

He touched my soul long before I knew what his hands felt like. — Nikki Rowe

We must support as much as possible the child's desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent. — Maria Montessori

If you want to build a recursively self-improving AI, have it go through a billion sequential self-modifications, become vastly smarter than you, and not die, you've got to work to a pretty precise standard. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

You have phantom income each year. No money is being put in your pocket, but you have to take some money out of your pocket to pay Uncle Sam because the tax is paid based on accretion. — Scott Walker

Absolutely. I am a father, and I know best. If there's any question, just ask me. — Rainn Wilson

I love to dance and dance all night long. — Douglas Booth

I probably shouldn't say this about all animals, but at least the farm animals that I've hung out with, and even when I go to the zoo usually, they're like a blank slate. I guess that's why I like them. They're puppets, and you can imagine them being anything you want. — Kristen Schaal

Am I very late?" she asked the Chief, smiling at him. She might just as well have asked if she was ugly. "No!" the Chief said. — J.D. Salinger

I am in a ridiculous humour,' quoth Eugene; 'I am a ridiculous fellow. Everything is ridiculous. Come along! — Charles Dickens

I had been a reader of THOR in college. I had read the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby stuff. I had loved it. I had been a Norse mythology fan since I was a kid and was thrilled to discover a comic that was kind of based on Norse mythology-there's not a one-to-one correspondence, but there's no reason there should be. I was delighted to find it, and I didn't care that it wasn't exactly the myth. For one thing, Thor didn't have red hair in the comics. I was fine with that. — Walt Simonson

Some people see a glass as half empty; some see it as half full. I put the glass in a cupboard and forget it's there. You get my point? — Kristin Hannah

It's properly scary playing a leading man. Growing up, I always wanted to be a character actor. — Rafe Spall

There is no "only one" Vietnam experience - there are as many as there are those who went to Vietnam - but this is mine - the combat, the excitement, the discomfort, the fear, the accomplishments, the hubris, the politics, the challenges, and the sex. This is 1968 - MY Vietnam experience. — Joseph E Abodeely