Jocelyn Bell Burnell Quotes & Sayings

I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species. — George C. Williams

And on this dirty night there were appropriately dirty deeds that not even the rain could wash away. — Terry Pratchett

I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper. — Mayer Hawthorne

Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness. — Petrarch

I will tell you one other thing about money: when you don't have it, it sure as hell affects the quality of people's health, and their relationships. And paper money isn't even real today, right? It's all really ones and zeros in computers today. But at the same time, if you don't have it, it certainly affects the quality of your life. — Tony Robbins

What keeps the world from reverting to the Neanderthal with each generation is the continuing, ongoing mythos ... the huge body of common knowledge that unites our minds as cells are united in the body of man ... — Robert M. Pirsig

You were the first boy I ever kissed. Is that right?"
"I would hope so," he said, his mouth soft as he smiled. "You were ten years old."
I laughed but I felt tears building in my throat and burning my eyes. "You kissed me in the orchard. I dared you to do it." A memory flicked by, the orchard in bloom, heavenly scents, the thrum of bees in the blossoms.
"I wanted to, I promise ---" his laughing face, so close to mine. — Elise Forier Edie

Woe is Merit, the immortal vampire with the never-gray hair and long legs and hot blond boyfriend. — Chloe Neill

A knight can fight. As you well know, I fight about as well as a pillow."
"That's an insult to pillows. At least they can take a beating. — Eli Brown

It's easy to get caught up in how our figures look when we stand naked in front of the mirror. But we must remember that we are more than how we look. We are not boobs who happen to have hearts, minds, and souls; rather, we are souls that just happen to have mounds of flesh protruding from our chests. — Lissa Rankin

And the strongest trust is built by the smallest actions, the keeping of the little promises. It is the constant truthfulness, the continued dependability, the remembrance of minor things, which most inspire confidence and faith. — Walter Wangerin Jr.

You're impossible, Yankel! I'm possibly possible. Thank you, she said, — Jonathan Safran Foer

Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese? — Ingrid Newkirk

I'm going to retire undefeated. I'll take everybody out one-by-one then go on my merry way — Ronda Rousey

How do you always manage to decide?"
"How can you let others decide for you? — Ayn Rand