John Craig Venter Quotes & Sayings

It never seems to occur to anyone that each reader is different, and that even those who might be said to resemble each other will each bring an individual set of experiences and references to their reading, and interpret and misinterpret it according to these. — John Ashbery

When we got around to books, I was finally set, as our minister would say, on solid ground. I gorged on books. I sneaked them at night. I rubbed their spines and sniffed in the musty smell of them in the library. — Lorene Cary

The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation. — Michael K. Powell

Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together. — Kate Winslet

Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that. — Susan Vreeland

What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. — Charlotte Lennox

One cannot balance tragedy in the scales Unless one weighs it with the tragic heart. — Stephen Vincent Benet

Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching. — George S. Patton

Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13. — Larry Elder