Quotes about Author
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— Arthur Conan Doyle
A criminal strain ran in his blood, which, instead of being modified, was increased and rendered infinitely more dangerous by his extraordinary mental powers.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
We ain't nervous folk, as you know well; but when it comes to makin' a weekend visit and finding you've run full butt into the Day of Judgement, it wants a bit of explainin'.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
— Audre Lorde
She's a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn't be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind.
— Ayn Rand
I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom.
— Ayn Rand
Incredulity and indifference were her only reaction: incredulity, because she could not conceive of what would bring human beings to such a state —indifference, because she could not regard those who reached it, as human any longer.
— Ayn Rand
I love the earth. If you ask me it's the greatest planet in the world.
— Stephen Colbert
Forgot to live-tweet the election last night, so I'm post-tweeting today. I'll start as soon as my fingers unclench from their rage fists.
— Stephen Colbert
I have taken the opportunity to update the book and include new theoretical and observational results obtained since the book was first published (on April Fools' Day, 1988).
— Stephen Hawking
We see the unity, and not the divisions. It is such a simple image with a compelling message; one planet, one human race.
— Stephen Hawking
Though realism may be a tempting viewpoint, as we'll see later, what we know about modern physics makes it a difficult one to defend.
— Stephen Hawking