Harold Kroto Quotes & Sayings

There is a fatality about all physical and intellectual distinction, the sort of fatality that seems to dog through history the faltering steps of kings. It is better not to be different from one's fellows. The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should live, undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet. — Oscar Wilde

Let a woman have her place, because as you provide foundation for her, she provides a foundation for you. And through that vulnerability comes strength. — Shemar Moore

[Exchange] the galling burden of bachelorship for the easy yoke of matrimony. — James Madison

How extraordinary it is to be here at all. Awareness of death can jolt us awake to the sensuality of existence. Breath is no longer a routine inhalation of air but a quivering intake of life. The eye is quickened to the play of light and shade and color, the ear to the intricate medley of sound. This is where the meditation leads. Stay with it; rest with it. Notice how distraction is a flight from this, an escape from awe to worry and plans. — Stephen Batchelor

Lofts were never supposed to be homes. They were vacant old factories and warehouses, taken over by artists looking for cheap space and good light. — Virginia Postrel

Pursue your dreams with all diligence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Sometimes a soft touch can accomplish more than a thousand swords. — David Krae

I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy. — Maeve Binchy

Be aware of children who may be living in a domestically violent home. — Asa Don Brown

Though she teased at explanations of sorcery in both her life and in her art (an early dust-flap biography called her "a practicing amateur witch," and — Shirley Jackson

When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend. — Terry Pratchett

If I could go back and say one thing to my younger self it would be: YOU ARE NOT FAT. — Jennifer Saunders

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. — Abraham Lincoln

Sometimes," she whispered, her lips brushing his cheek, "you need to be lost in order to be found. — Danika Stone

Maria loved the way she and Liz could just sit in the same room together, each doing their own thing, sometimes talking, sometimes not. You had to be really good friends with someone before it felt this comfortable to basically ignore them for long stretches of time. — Melinda Metz