Surprised By Oxford Quotes

#1. The fact that mammalian crying serves as a cue for maternal support, rather than as a dinner bell, is a major evolutionary difference.

Matthew D. Lieberman

#2. Where is your Revolutionary spirit?"
"Beheaded," Celeste said.

Marguerite Kaye

#3. Sometimes when we're standing at the edge, we don't need anyone to talk us down ... we just need a push.

Buffi Neal

#4. Then you will die, but only for a little while.

Joseph Fink

#5. That man sitting on the steps made me understand that I was important to the world and to the history of my country. I felt necessary, and that's the best feeling a human being can have.

Paulo Coelho

#6. I love the studio audience. That's where I feel the most at home. You know right away if you're being funny or not.

Kaley Cuoco

#7. Schedule blocks of time for different modes of thinking.

David Rock

#8. There it is, fog, atmospheric moisture still uncertain in destination, not quite weather and not altogether mood, yet partaking of both.

Hal Borland

#9. When I began to write, I was surprised at how little London had been used in crime fiction. Places such as Edinburgh or Oxford or L.A. seemed to have stronger identities.

Mark Billingham

#10. No, sir, I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell.

Rosser Reeves

#11. Writing a poem is discovering.

Robert Frost

#12. Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

Warren Zevon

#13. It's very important to prioritize. I know, for me, my family comes first. That makes every decision very easy.

Jada Pinkett Smith

#14. It is true that I should have been surprised in the past to learn that Professor Hardy had joined the Oxford Group. But one could not say the adverse chance was 1:10. Mathematics is a dangerous profession; an appreciable proportion of us go mad, and then this particular event would be quite likely.

John Edensor Littlewood