Specimen Quotes

47 quotes by 46 authors

In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's… — Donald Johanson
The method I take to do this is not yet very usual; for instead of using only comparative and superlative Words, and intellectual Arguments, I… — William Petty
I'm going to pull myself together for a while and think-try to determine what character of a woman I am; for, candidly, I don't know.… — Kate Chopin
Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't… — Joseph E. Johnston
To Monsieur Eiffel the Engineer, the brave builder of so gigantic and original a specimen of modern Engineering from one who has the greatest respect… — Thomas A. Edison
ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an… — Ambrose Bierce
Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate,… — Bayard Taylor
It turns out that the distance from head to hand, from wafting butterfly to entomological specimen, is achieved through regular practice. What begins as something… — Ann Patchett
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles… — Benjamin Disraeli
When I was in the hospital they gave me apple juice every morning, even after I told them I didn't like it. I had to… — Alan King
When you do a really good play, the audience and the performers are looking into the same looking glass, the same microscope. And the specimen… — John Malkovich
As much as I admire and value intellectualism and experimentation, I've discovered that unless a book has a throbbing heart as well as a sexy… — Myla Goldberg
He would never abandon her, never leave a gaping hole, and even if he died someday, he was preserved like a lab specimen from all… — Shannon Hale
I believe we have an utterly unique specimen on our hands: a child who listens. — Catherynne M. Valente
The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what… — Milan Kundera
Friend Tim shakes hands with Perfect Specimen of Mankind. Will never wash right hand again. — Meg Cabot
We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never… — Mark Twain
I've seen men like you in Doris Day films, but I never thought they existed in real life...The men who can't commit, who can't say… — Nick Hornby
Maitake can achieve humongous sizes, sometimes up to 50 pounds per specimen! Massive maitake can form annually from dying dendritic tree roots for many years,… — Paul Stamets
The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was… — Adam Savage

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