Backgrounds Quotes · Page 2

In scientific thought, the concept functions all the better for being cut off from all background images. In its full exercise, the…

— Gaston Bachelard

We differ [with Frank Moore Cross] simply because of our differing backgrounds.

— Hershel Shanks

McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or…

— Anthony Horowitz

I come from a little bit of a theatrical background. I started that way. I don't have a tremendous body of work…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.

— Julia Child

I've played my fair share of unpleasant character, and I have to tell you that you sleep better when you're playing fun…

— James D'arcy

When you're a background singer, you're there to support the artist. The transition is up to the person. You have to follow…

— Judith Hill

I believe it is essential to have English as the official language of our National Government, for the English language is the…

— Jim Sensenbrenner

I get a lot of comics, and I can look at a comic and tell immediately whether I'll enjoy it or not.…

— Jack Kirby

I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I'm behind the times. I'm still with Baroque…

— Elie Wiesel

Nuclear industry proponents often assert that low doses of radiation (eg below 100mSV) produce no ill effects and are therefore safe. But…

— Helen Caldicott

I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm…

— Danny McBride

As the fish doesn't know water, people are ignorant of space. Consciousness is concerned only with changing and varying details; it ignores…

— Alan Watts

If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of…

— Lee Kuan Yew

For most affairs, this eventually becomes the most fundamental of questions, the only one that matters: Do we love each other more…

— Brady Udall

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.

— Yahoo Serious

When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of…

— Samuel Alito

When it comes right down to it, people are quite similar. We may come from different backgrounds, cultures, and economic circumstances, and…

— M. Russell Ballard

The origin of nursing started out with prostitutes, who would go care for people in jail. That was back when nobody wanted…

— Eve Hewson

I feel really passionately about safe, comfortable roads, crosswalks, and sidewalks. Everyone of all economic backgrounds should be able to get to…

— Ben Sollee

I was born in New York but as a baby moved to Venezuela and Argentina. I've also lived in Denmark, where my…

— Viggo Mortensen

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different…

— Irene Rosenfeld

It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the…

— Desi Arnaz

...academic credentials are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for having your ideas taken seriously. If a famous professor repeatedly says…

— Paul Krugman

Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the…

— Robert Winston