#men

Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#life #moments #beauty

I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#amongst #anne #art #associated #her

Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#careers #complete #contemplated #drudgery #experiments

This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#advisable #bothered #could #dark #dismal

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women. ↗

— Edna O'Brien

#built-in #competition #friends #i #men

The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. ↗

— Edna O'Brien

#means #nothing #should #vote #women

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads. ↗

— Flann O'Brien

#given #irish #jobs #majority #members

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#government #half #high #high school #making

Our Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has given the Government's support to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. It is difficult to imagine a single piece of legislation which, more comprehensively, attacks the sanctity and dignity of human life than this particular Bill. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#bill #brown #difficult #dignity #given

It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#attachment #concerned #even #fiction #fiction writer