A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
It's tiny out there...it's inconsequential. It's ironic that we had come to study the Moon and it was really discovering the Earth. — William Anders Copy Share Image
The systematic study of mass psychology revealed to students the potentialities of invisible government of society by manipulation of the motives which… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that all evolution is coevolution: every organism is… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts. — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
In order to purify yourself, you have to understand yourself, Father Trais went on. Everything out in the world is also in… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It's not good to say… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain,… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Until African-Americans and Hispanics can get serious, not just about area studies, which are important, but also about science and technology, they're… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
You can be obsessed with makeup and hair products and, you know, your appearance and still be absolutely making smart life decisions… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
We do not realize how deeply our starting assumptions affect the way we go about looking for and interpreting the data we… — Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Copy Share Image
Do you really like studying?" Mattia nodded. "Why?" "It's the only thing I know how to do," he said shortly. He wanted… — Paolo Giordano Copy Share Image
There is also evidence from epidemiological studies that psychotic-like experiences are much more common than has hitherto been thought (with about 10%… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get… — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
After studying dozens of sexual assault cases, it is clear to me that the "he said/she said" aspect is a big part… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Copy Share Image
One should never impose one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
In advanced practice there is a sense of commitment to the study. It is happy; it's never forced. It is a natural… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If a man's wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
The Lord is not so concerned about what we study or what profession we follow as long as it is an honest… — Eldred G. Smith Copy Share Image
Chemistry is, well technically, chemistry is the study of matter. But I prefer to see it as the study of change. — Walter White Copy Share Image
My own daughters weren't able to study in Turkey because of their headscarves, so they went to the United States. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
As the number of studies increased, it became clear that writing was a far more powerful tool for healing than anyone had… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
You go to school, you get a master's degree, you study Shakespeare and you wind up being famous for plastic glasses. — Sally Jessy Raphael Copy Share Image
In my opinion we learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. We study it, as we listen to… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
John Walker Lindh, a twenty-year-old American studying in Pakistan, was captured in Northern Afghanistan fighting for the Taliban. Experts call it the… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
I wasn’t a good student, and even now I never say that I am better than anybody, but I know I love… — Marcelo Garcia Copy Share Image
The Way of Tea lies in studying the ceremony, in understanding the principles, and in grasping the reality of things. These are… — Hosokawa Tadaoki Copy Share Image
“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
I like to read, especially nonfiction. I love learning, so I study languages, cook, learn basic HTML, and enjoy other activities that… — Joshua Roman Copy Share Image
For polyatomic free radicals and ions, one is dependent both for the ground states and the excited states on the study of… — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share Image
The making of adaptable, curious, open, questioning people has nothing to do with vocational training and everything to do with humanistic and… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
In my mid-twenties, I was with a conducting career, but I had never been to university and I wanted to. There were… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
