Laureate Quotes

35 quotes by 30 authors

I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The… — Maya Angelou
Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos, people who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance in… — Walter E. Williams
Over the last century, physicists have used light quanta, electrons, alpha particles, X-rays, gamma-rays, protons, neutrons and exotic sub-nuclear particles for this purpose [scattering experiments].… — Clifford Shull
The literature Nobel laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him.A scientist cannot do… — Sune Bergstrom
Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity,… — Wole Soyinka
About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The late Kenyan Nobel… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in… — Edward Abbey
I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As the… — Wangari Maathai
Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its unsung citizens (from the anonymous… — Rigoberto Gonzalez
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is… — Rita Dove
When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect â€” but do not believe him. Never put your… — Linus Pauling
A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing. — William A. Henry III
Part of the appeal was that Medawar was not only a Nobel Laureate, but he seemed like a Nobel Laureate; he was everything one thought… — Richard Dawkins
...They are wise to the ways of Wall Street - and...getting their fair share of the loot.(:)...from who will be the head of NIH, to… — Edgar Berman
My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland… — John Krasinski
I certainly was surprised to be named Poet Laureate of this far-out city on the left side of the world, and I gratefully accept, for… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
With this blistering salvo of poetic gutshots Lawson has proven himself Bizarroâ€™s true bard, its mad laureate. Switching from dark whimsy to retina-blast shock to… — Jeremy Robert Johnson
I started as - well, I wanted to be Poet Laureate. And I wanted to be a naturalist. That's how I began. I didn't have… — Jane Goodall
The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank. — Steven T. Katz
How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for… — Isaac Bashevis Singer

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