Escritoras Espanolas Quotes & Sayings

A system such as classical mechanics may be 'scientific' to any degree you like; but those who uphold it dogmatically - believing, perhaps, that it is their business to defend such a successful system against criticism as long as it is not conclusively disproved - are adopting the very reverse of that critical attitude which in my view is the proper one for the scientist. — Karl Popper

The strongest anchor is hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

This is the gift of focus, or wilful denial, and it is something boys are particularly good at. Girls - at least where I grew up - tend to be more emotionally balanced and sane, and therefore find the kind of all-excluding concentration you need to care about dinosaurs, taxonomy, philately and geopolitical schemes a bit worrying and sad. Girls can grasp the bigger picture (i.e., it might be better not to destroy the world over this), where boys have a perfect grip on the fine print (i.e., this insidious idea is antithetical to our existence and cannot be allowed to flourish alongside our peace-loving, free society). Note carefully how it is probably better to let the girls deal with weapons of mass destruction. — Nick Harkaway

I talk about going to [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying
when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to
wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water' ... the failure of
my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now. — Sarah Vowell

It felt so wonderful that she concluded that the existence of her clitoris was proof positive that God loved her. — Dossie Easton

Murtagh was one of those men who always looked a bit startled to find that women had voices, but he nodded politely enough. — Diana Gabaldon

Take off your coat."
"Excuse me?"
"Take it off."
"No."
"I want it off."
"Then I suggest you hold your breath. Won't affect me in the slightest, but at least the suffocation will help pass the time for you. [Vishous to Jane] — J.R. Ward

An answer is always a form of death. — John Fowles

If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter. — Steve Kagen

The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary. — Emil Cioran

I was never crying and shaking like the Beliebers do, but I understand the idolizing of a hero. — Jon M. Chu

I hope that I live for a thousand years, and have a thousand daughters so that there will always be a woman who can curse your name. — Lauren Kate

I grew up in Southern California so I was always at the beach and outdoors. I remember my dad laying around the pool baking; he was practically George Hamilton. — C. J. Wilson

You know, when you're relaxed, you're putting it out there, and then it comes, oh, I can do that. — Lou Reed