#pub

I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows they are very hard reading. ↗

— Alonzo Church

#available #hard #his #i #i tried

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#cultivate #public #whatever #you #yourself

Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back. ↗

— Harvey Cox

#culturally #discourse #forbidden #forms #last

Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule. ↗

— Richard Curtis

#been #books #down #exception #however

I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#anxieties #because #comfortable #everybody #feel

The American public tunes in every night hoping to see two people screwing. Obviously, we can't give them that but let's always keep it in mind. ↗

— Barry Diller

#american #american public #every #every night #give

If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#about #carry #courses #fieldwork #folklore

Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue. ↗

— John Ensign

#democrat #doctor #even #issue #lawyer

The public be damned. ↗

— William Henry Vanderbilt

#public

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack. ↗

— Dave Freudenthal

#money #officials #public #public officials #sack