Smithsonian Quotes

25 quotes by 18 authors

After Gibbs, one the most distinguished [American scientists] was Langley, of the Smithsonian. ... He had the physicist's heinous fault of professing to know nothing… — Henry Adams
I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters. — Joe Mantegna
It has taken biologists some 230 years to identify and describe three quarters of a million insects; if there are indeed at least thirty million,… — Richard Leakey
Ask any guy if sex is important in a relationship and the one who says no is lying. I just haven't met that guy yet.… — Steve Harvey
By analyzing data from Greenwich Observatory in the period 1836-1953, John A. Eddy [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and High Altitude Observatory in Boulder] and Aram… — Jonathan Sarfati
If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work.… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America,… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
If I had to pick three of my favorite magazines, they would be 'Fast Company', 'Silicon India', and 'Smithsonian.' — Padmasree Warrior
Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to The Smithsonian. Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his… — Bob Dylan
The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art. — Xavier Becerra
The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival. — Bernice Johnson Reagon
Imagine foreign troops sitting idly, laughing as hooligans trashed the Smithsonian, stole the gold from Fort Knox and burned down the Department of the Interior.… — Ted Rall
There are seductions that should be in the Smithsonian Institute, right next to The Spirit of St. Louis. — Richard Brautigan
Sometimes when I'm swimming, I think that maybe someday I'll put my red Speedo up for auction. Or maybe I'll donate it to the Smithsonian.… — David Duchovny
I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of… — Jack L. Chalker
The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States. — Norm Dicks
Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, believes that in 25 years, somewhere between 75 and 80 percent of all the species of… — Gaylord Nelson
I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974.… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
When I moved to America, I knew I wanted to be a designer. I never imagined one of my dresses would end up in the… — Jason Wu

Who Wrote These Smithsonian Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 25 Smithsonian Quotes as follows: