Petey Greene Watermelon Quotes & Sayings

I recently asked more than seventy eminent researchers if they would have done I their work differently if they had thought Darwin's theory was wrong. The responses were all the same: no. I also examined the outstanding biodiscoveries of the past century: the discovery of the double helix; the characterization of the ribosome: the mapping of genomes; research on medications and drug reactions: improvements in food production and sanitation; the development of new surgeries; and others. I even queried biologists working in areas where one would expect the Darwinian paradigm to have most benefited research, such as the emergence of resistance to antibiotics and pesticides. Here, as elsewhere, I found that Darwin's theory had provided no discernible guidance, but was brought in, after the breakthroughs, as an interesting narrative gloss. — Philip S. Skell

detours in the road. Because without them, this life — Sarah Jio

A critic is a legless man who teaches other people to run — Channing Pollock

War seems a perfectly impossible thing, even when it can be seen coming nearer and nearer. — Cornelia Meigs

We are the wise. Do not envy us - We who are too wise to draw near the fire Lest we get burned; We who are too wise to love Lest love should vanish and we be hurt. We are the wise. Do not envy us our wisdom - We who are too wise to live Lest we should die. — Lois Duncan

Change alone is unchanging. — Heraclitus

I don't know why, but in my career and in my life, I often find myself in situations where I am the only girl among boys. — Emmanuelle Chriqui

We are seeing entertainment become politics and we're seeing people acting out in ways that are extremely violent and destabilizing. No rules apply. We're in an era of no rules now, it seems. — Oliver Stone

I hung around hippie-ish kind of people and, first of all, they never made any money. If you never make any money, you never have to declare any profession! — Charlemagne Palestine

I like American black soul music, that was my first big enthusiasm. — Bill Nighy

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me. — Steve Martin

It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape. — Ruskin Bond

Sometimes it seems like America is the Christian and Israel is the little Jew they love in this fetishistic way. Like, you're my little sister and I'll kick anyone's ass that messes with you. But when we're alone and no one's looking I'll harass you. — Jill Soloway

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question. — Tennessee Williams

I could run farther than a hare! I could fight the fiercest fox that ever lived ... I could climb the highest mountain faster than an eagle could fly. — Erin Hunter