Flemming Quotes & Sayings

I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942. — Antony Hewish

I am an innovator. This is a term of distinction, a term of honor, rather than something to hide or apologize for. Anyone who
has new or valuable ideas to offer stands outside the intellectual status quo. But the status quo is not a stream, let alone a 'mainstream'.
It is a stagnant swamp. It is the innovators who carry mankind forward. — Ayn Rand

The only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended. — Flemming Rose

Your complete intelligence is designed to experience the fullness of life, not a narrow omission of its best possibilities. — Bryant McGill

My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of equal importance. — Joanna Trollope

In my opinion, there were very few things in life that ice cream couldn't fix. — Elizabeth A. Reeves

The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words to express ourselves in very eloquent and complex ways. We grow up telling and listening to stories. That's what turns us into the people we are. — Flemming Rose

Seeing someone have a goal and I if can help them to succeed then it is a big draw for me. — Robin Farina

Flemming Axmark, and Preben Hansen. The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Copenhagen: Nordisk — Nete Schmidt

If a believer demands that I, as a nonbeliever, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect, but for my submission. — Flemming Rose

What is one man's hate speech is another man's poetry. — Flemming Rose

The cartoonists treated Islam the same way they treat Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions. And by treating Muslims in Denmark as equals they made a point we are integrating you into the Danish tradition of satire because you are part of our society, not strangers. The cartoons are including, rather than excluding, Muslims. — Flemming Rose

One of the problems with fame ... is they try to pigeonhole you ... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life. — Charles A. Reich

I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But] it's a fact of globalization, and we must consider it. — Flemming Rose

Should we only be interested to view the cherry blossoms at their peak, or the moon when it is full? To yearn for the moon when it is raining, or to be closed up in ones room, failing to notice the passing of Spring, is far more moving. Treetops just before they break into blossom, or gardens strewn with fallen flowers are just as worthy of notice. There is much to see in them. Is it any less wonderful to say, in the preface to a poem, that it was written on viewing the cherry blossoms just after they had peaked, or that something had prevented one from seeing them altogether, than to say "on seeing the cherry blossoms"? Of course not. Flowers fall and the moon sets, these are the cyclic things of the world, but still there are brutish people who say that there is nothing left worth seeing, and fail to appreciate. — Yoshida Kenko

There is no society that protects freedom of religion more than secular democracies, because in societies where one religion rules, different viewpoints will be labelled as heresy and blasphemy. Why? Because the society is built on religion - not freedom for all points of view. — Flemming Rose