William Henry Harvey Quotes

#1. The philosophers of antiquity taught contempt for work, that degradation of the free man, the poets sang of idleness, that gift from the Gods.

Paul Lafargue

#2. The soul of man is of the imperishable substance of the stars!

William Butler Yeats

#3. As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.

George Will

#4. I'm quite curvy and I just try and exercise whenever I can. I don't do anything hardcore as I'm just not that dedicated.

Leona Lewis

#5. I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of the plants themselves.
[Letter to W.H. Harvey]

Joseph Dalton Hooker

#6. [A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation.

R. J. Reynolds

#7. The overall climate meant that young artists pushing the limits of their craft were locked out of the establishment.

Paul Brody

#8. I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

J Mascis

#9. Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it.

Maurice Druon

#10. You don't really work for awards, but when they come it's ... nice.

Pierfrancesco Favino

#11. The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal, mental stimulation and alertness, spiritual exhilaration and Illumination.

Ambrose

#12. Your power as a woman, as a mother, is your medicine, and it saved you. Take your courage in that.

Jim Fergus

#13. Theology is Classified Superstition.

Elbert Hubbard

#14. Easy? You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy?Honey, they don't call it a job for nothin'!

Kim Cattrall

#15. Consciousness ain't slower than a blink of an eye.

Toba Beta

#16. The songs we sing invite the participation of the listener, who is central to finding a way of creating the life of the song at that listening. It's the difference between poetry and didactic writing. One tells you, 'This is it,' and the other says, 'Let's find this together.'

Peter Yarrow