Frank Oppenheimer Quotes

#1. In the same way, whenever a massacre of Armenians is reported from Asia Minor, every one assumes that it has been carried out "under orders" from somewhere or another, no one seems to think that there are people who might LIKE to kill their neighbours now and then.

Saki

#2. The mother tongue of politicians is that of ancient Babylon: a language designed to severely limit discourse within a tower of praise to elitism, a language carried on breath's reeking of the fecal matter from their paymasters

Dean Cavanagh

#3. Understanding is a lot like sex; it's got a practical purpose, but that's not why people do it normally.

Frank Oppenheimer

#4. The theater business has allowed me, in a way the movie and TV business has not, to do very, very interesting work. So that's what I do.

Brian Dennehy

#5. Summary of the Torah, whilst standing on one leg: What is offensive when done to you, do not do it to your neighbor. The rest is commentary, now go and study (it).

Hillel The Elder- First-century Jewish Scholar

#6. Adrian, I'm on a date. Why are you here? On my car?

Richelle Mead

#7. Nobody ever flunked a science museum

Frank Oppenheimer

#8. In truth the prison unto which we doom ourselves no prison is

William Wordsworth

#9. Many people who talk about the discovery method of teaching are really talking about arranging a lesson or an experiment so that students discover what they are supposed to discover. That is not an exploration. The whole tradition of exploration is being lost for entire generations.

Frank Oppenheimer

#10. People are always doing studies. Now there's one that says drinking coffee can lead to the prevention of memory loss in old age. This is terrible news. Drinking coffee is my greatest pleasure in life. That, and forgetting.

Ariel Leve

#11. At last it faded away, and the mushroom cloud began to disperse. Greg heard Frank Oppenheimer say: "It worked." Oppie said: "Yes, it worked." The two brothers shook hands. And the world is still here, Greg thought. But it has been forever changed.

Ken Follett

#12. There are two things that people [are surrounded by and] avoid trying to understand. One is music, and the other is electricity.

Frank Oppenheimer

#13. The best way to learn is to teach

Frank Oppenheimer

#14. One can never go wrong with a crisp white shirt to dress up any look. Styled with rolled sleeves and a front tuck creating a chic look for day and night.

George Kotsiopoulos

#15. Within six months of starting my Ph.D. work in 1956, I had already obtained feeding tadpoles derived from transplanted nuclei of embryonic cells.

John Gurdon

#16. Scientists and artists are the world's noticers. Their job is simply to notice what other people cannot.

Frank Oppenheimer

#17. BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY...
THEY GET EVEN.

Jenny Han

#18. I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me.

Mel Brooks

#19. I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it.

George Carlin