Adams Quotes

82 quotes by 73 authors

Rather than ennobling the public mind and cementing the social fabric, applied science speedily became the chief weapon of a gross individualism, which was anathema… — Russell Kirk
I do not believe that all books will or should migrate onto screens: as Douglas Adams once pointed out to me, more than 20 years… — Neil Gaiman
If I was concerned about being accepted, I would have been doing Ansel Adams lookalikes, because that was easily accepted. Everything I did was never… — Duane Michals
To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in it, he [Douglas… — Richard Dawkins
At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul… — Allen Johnson
The more Adams thought about the future of his country, the more convinced he became that it rested on education. Before any great things are… — David McCullough
Ever since celestial mechanics in the skillful hands of Leverrier and Adams led to the world-amazed discovery of Neptune, a belief has existed begotten of… — Percival Lowell
That this gentleman [President John Adams] ought not to be the object of the federal wish, is, with me, reduced to demonstration. His administration has… — Alexander Hamilton
My prose style at this time was a stomach-twisting blend of the Bible, Carl Sandburg, H.L. Mencken, Jeffrey Farnol, Christopher Morley, Samuel Pepys, and Franklin… — Elwyn Brooks White
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles. — Gavin Bryars
The economic answer to the world's problems is John Adams, not [Karl] Marx. — John Ringo
You gotta be think'n Sam Adams, not drink'n Sam Adams — Sarah Palin
Perhaps no American family-with the possible exception of the Adams family-has had a more vivid and powerful impact on the life of their times. But… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British… — Martin McGuinness
I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough… — David O. Russell
I think I get some of my love of adult books that can be fun from Douglas Adams. — Erin Morgenstern
I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning 'American… — David Cook
My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured,… — Mamie Gummer
I've never really been star struck. I was a little bit taken aback when I was doing a chat show recently and I was sat… — Richard Fleeshman
Adams first law of survival: Get even first. — Randall Dale Adams

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