Major Quotes

2275 Major quotes by 1764 unique authors

Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern. — Antony Hewish
So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out… — Kurt Loder
My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major influences;… — Gene Wolfe
I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. — Don DeLillo
Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a major… — Edward R. Murrow
Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of… — Greg Egan
Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF. — Paul Cellucci
American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region. — Kim Dae-jung
In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are,… — Alan Dundes
But my shift to the serious study of economics gradually weakened my belief in Major Douglas's A+B theorem, which was replaced in my thought by… — James Meade
Las Vegas is a major family destination. Nevada casinos have become American family values now. It's considered just fine to go into one of these… — Bruce Sterling
Two weeks before the attack on the USS Cole and then again two days before the attack, they saw through their analysis that a major… — Curt Weldon
Major, send a shell first over their heads and let them get in their holes before you open with all your guns. — John Bell Hood
A major of colored troops is here with his party capturing negroes, with or without their consent....They are being conscripted. — John A. Logan
That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing. — Antonia Fraser
...animal research is essential to tackling major 21st century health problems such as cancer and heart disease. Without the use of animals it would be… — Unknown Author
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus, I know the scientific names of beings animalculous; In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I… — W. S. Gilbert
The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a… — Eli Roth
When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work… — Tommy Lasorda
After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last… — Pete Sampras
By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad — Denis Waitley
It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century. — Pete Hamill
What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for helping to produce the major achievement of your life — Srully Blotnick
I also saw a huge expansion of the Internet, with many major corporations, afraid of being left behind, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to… — Dave Barry
One of the major principles is that Soviet literature must be inseverably linked with the policy of the Communist party — Nikita Khrushchev

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