"I will jump into the river to save……" — John B. S. Haldane
"I will jump into the river to save two brothers or eight cousins."
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John B. S. Haldane
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53 Quotes by John B. S. Haldane
John B. S. Haldane has 53 quotes on this site.
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The advance of scientific knowledge does not seem to make either our universe or our inner life in it any…
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The conclusion forced upon me in the course of a life devoted to natural science is that the universe as…
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It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance.
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In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought…
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If materialism is true, it seems to me that we cannot know that it is true. If my opinions are…
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Haldane was engaged in discussion with an eminent theologian. "What inference," asked the latter, "might one draw about the nature…
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Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a…
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I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the…
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Until politics are a branch of science, we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather…
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The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the…
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I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions.…
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[Children] are taught that it is a virtue to accept statements without adequate evidence, which leaves them a prey to…
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
— Kevin Bacon
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My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids.…
— Kevin Bacon
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America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land.
— Philip James Bailey
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Muslims should live like brothers.
— Abu Bakr
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I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the…
— Stephen Baldwin
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Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!
— Honore de Balzac
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A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
— Brigitte Bardot
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Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective…
— Roseanne Barr
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We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!
— Charles Baudelaire
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