Haldis Kildal Quotes & Sayings

Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital. — Henry David Thoreau

My inbox is now bulging with touching emails from young women scientists who have been kind enough to write and thank me for inspiring them and helping them on their way. It has also been of great comfort to me to see many women at the top of science testifying for my record in supporting women scientists. — Tim Hunt

Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. Its transmission today is still in part oral, because we become acquainted with poetry through nursery rhymes, which we hear before we can read. — James Fenton

The death penalty? Give me a break. It's easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the Constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state. — Antonin Scalia

I took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working. — Robert A. Heinlein