Lying Quote by Richard Fortey Download Open image “You must not lie about trilobites, nor yet about time.” — Richard Fortey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Lying Time
there are things you mustn't even try to explain. They either become trite or they tie you down to something that's only half true. — Martha Albrand Copy Share Image
'Trill' is a combination of 'true' and 'real.' It's my philosophy. — Willie Cauley-Stein Copy Share Image
If you are seriously gonna lie to me,then at least take the time to make sure that your lies all add up. — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
“Every new discovery about the genome is consistent with evolution having happened. Whether we find it appealing or not is another question, but personally… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
“Without death there is little innovation. Extinction - death of a species - is part and parcel of evolutionary change. In the absence of this kind of extinction new developments would not prosper. In our own history, periods when ideas have been perpetuated by dogma, preventing the replacement of old by new ideas, have also been times of stultifying stagnation.… — Richard Fortey Copy Share
“But, for now, I retreated back down the little hidden staircase into the familiar world of the basement of the Natural History Museum, and… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
The great proliferation of museums in the nineteenth century was a product of the marriage of the exhibition as a way of awakening intelligent… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
“Whether we find it appealing or not is another question, but personally I like being fourth cousin to a mushroom and having a bonobo… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
“There is no final truth in palaeontology. Every new observer brings something of his or her own: a new technique, a new intelligence, even… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
I believe profoundly in the importance of museums; I would go as far as to say that you can judge a society by the… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
“Mankind is nothing more than a parasitic tick gorging himself on temporary plenty while the seas are low and the climate is clement. But… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
“I attempted in vain to calculate the size of the holdings on the shelves, floor on floor, only to boggle hopelessly, baffled by bibliographic… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
I wonder if we are seeing a return to the object in the science-based museum. Since any visitor can go to a film like Jurassic Park and see dinosaurs reawakened more graphically than any museum could emulate, maybe a museum should be the place to have an encounter with the bony truth. Maybe some children have overdosed on simulations on… — Richard Fortey Copy Share
A life accumulates a collection: of people, work and perplexities. We are all our own curators. — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
“When I meet some of my commuting acquaintances on the 6.21 home to Henley-on-Thames they occasionally enquire what I have done that day. I have been known to reply: ‘I moved Africa 600 kilometres to the south.’ They usually turn quickly to the soccer page. One” — Richard Fortey Copy Share
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out in space. That is . . . the distant future, though not so distant as we may have thought. Whoever gains that ultimate position gains control, total control, over the Earth, for the purposes of tyranny… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share
Against his own will, almost, Will felt himself understanding; he would have done anything, he thought, told any lie, taken any risk, to make… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When… — Natalie Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our thoughts, not in things or circumstances. You and I possess the power to change our thoughts. It is our greatest power - the power to choose. If you are feeling stressful, choose to relax. Look at… — Bob Proctor Copy Share
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
[Islam] Leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left… — Abul A'la Maududi Copy Share Image
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
I just can’t, Nick, okay? Now, please give me a second to lie here in silence and bleed.” – Caleb — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection, and community. That's what there's too little of in today's mediascape, despite all the hoopla surrounding social tools. The promise of the Internet wasn't merely to inflate relationships, without adding depth, resonance, and meaning. It was… — Umair Haque Copy Share
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