Alvin Greene Quotes

When first asked if he would grant an interview with TIME, Greene responded by asking a question of his own: 'Does the candidate get paid? ~ Michael Scherer

If nothing in life challenges us, we will remain unchallenged by life. ~ Alvin Conway

If the multiverse turns out to be the best explanation of the fundamental physical constants, it would not be the first time we have been flabbergasted by worlds beyond our noses. Our ancestors had to swallow the discovery of the Western Hemisphere, eight other planets, a hundred billion stars in our galaxy (many with planets), and a hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe. If reason contradicts intuition once again, so much the worse for intuition. Another advocate of the multiverse, Brian Greene, reminds us:
"From a quaint, small, earth-centered universe to one filled with billions of galaxies, the journey has been both thrilling and humbling. We've been compelled to relinquish sacred belief in our own centrality, but with such cosmic demotion we've demonstrated the capacity of the human intellect to reach far beyond the confines of ordinary experience to reveal extraordinary truth. ~ Steven Pinker

Everything of value will pass you by, if your busy holding on to nothing. --sgd ~ Shani Greene-Dowdell

There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life. ~ Alvin Lee

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share. ~ Graham Greene

I had orders to report to Brigadier General Lindsey, and he said to me, "Well, York, I hear you have captured the whole damned German army." And I told him I only had 132. ~ Alvin C. York

We've been so busy with these things we let ourselves think actually mattered, but they don't. There's no such thing as the right career, or morality, or destiny, or fate. There's only life. And whether you honor it or ignore it. It's ironic, but in trying to find God we've been ignoring life. ~ Trevor D. Richardson

I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it - and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. ~ Robert Greene

So long as one is happy one can endure any discipline: it was unhappiness that broke down the habits of work. ~ Graham Greene

The first dog I ever had was called Prince. I called him after the Black Prince. You know, the fellow who ... '
'Massacred all the women and children in Limoges.'
'I don't remember that.'
'The history books gloss it over. ~ Graham Greene

Human beings were held accountable long before there were corporate bureaucracies. If the knight didn't deliver, the king cut off his head. ~ Alvin Toffler

I like to think that Einstein would look at string theory's journey and smile, enjoying the theory's remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow travelers on the long and winding road toward unification. ~ Brian Greene

I hate the way war is seen as something inherently brutal and ugly. Yes, much of war brings out the worst part of our [people's] nature. But in war, all kinds of noble human traits have been developed, such as discipline, cohesion, pride. ~ Robert Greene

And yet he was happier in his unused room simply because it was his, his possession. I thought with bitterness and envy, if one possesses a thing securely, one need never use it. ~ Graham Greene

The typical Anarchist, then, may be defined as follows: A man perceptible by the spirit of revolt under one or more of its forms, - opposition, investigation, criticism, innovation, - endowed with a strong love of liberty, egoistic or individualistic, and possessed of great curiosity, a keen desire to know. These traits are supplemented by an ardent love of others, a highly developed moral sensitiveness, a profound sentiment of justice, and imbued with missionary zeal." To the above characteristics, says Alvin F. Sanborn, must be added these sterling qualities: a rare love of animals, surpassing sweetness in all the ordinary relations of life, exceptional sobriety of demeanor, frugality and regularity, austerity, even, of living, and courage beyond compare.[2] ~ Emma Goldman

Pyle could see pain when it was in front of his eyes. (I don't write that as a sneer; there are so many of us who can't) ~ Graham Greene

My mom says: 'Why aren't you a doctor?' and I'm like, 'I am a doctor!' and she's all, 'No, I mean a real doctor.' She reads my books, but she says they give her a headache. ~ Brian Greene

Comedy is something that I'm definitely looking to get into. I had a little taste of it and I do intend on going to classes for it because I think it's a different muscle, and it's hard to find female comedians. ~ Ashley Greene

The person with the biggest dreams is more powerful than the person with all the answers. ~ Kai Greene

To embrace the belief that man is the accidental product of a random and otherwise genetically and biologically impossible Darwinian gradual evolution allegedly monitored by a quasi-fictitious natural selection, a process that supposedly started with an amoeba nobody knows how it arrived on Earth that somehow became a fish with stumps for legs that turned crocodile, a creature that following successive transmutations "evolved" into an ape that ended up as Leonardo Da Vinci is an attitude that comes in conflict with the scientific method of research and it certainly violates its standard principles. ~ Paul Greene

Innocence is a kind of insanity ~ Graham Greene

I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral. ~ Betty Greene

The number of e-mails and letters that I get from choreographers, from sculptors, from composers who are being inspired by science is huge. ~ Brian Greene

They deserved nothing less than the truth
a vacant universe and a cooling world, the right to be happy in any way they chose. ~ Graham Greene

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering. ~ Harold H. Greene

Self absorption is anti-seductive; it is a sign of insecurity. ~ Robert Greene

A pleasant morning. Saw my classmates Gardner, and Wheeler. Wheeler dined, spent the afternoon, and drank Tea with me. Supped at Major Gardiners, and engag'd to keep School at Bristol, provided Worcester People, at their ensuing March meeting, should change this into a moving School, not otherwise. Major Greene this Evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and Satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the Argument he advanced was, 'that a mere creature, or finite Being, could not make Satisfaction to infinite justice, for any Crimes,' and that 'these things are very mysterious.'
(Thus mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity.)
[Diary entry, February 13 1756] ~ John Adams

Not just pain, but bullshit. Avoiding bullshit. ~ Robert Greene

God save us always,' I said 'from the innocent and the good. ~ Graham Greene

Intimacy with one person could do this-empty the world of friendships, give a distaste for women's kisses and their bright chatter, make the ordinary world a little unreal and very uninteresting. ~ Graham Greene

Talking about food arouses certain individuals the way talking about sex does others. ~ Bert Greene

Irish Spring," the third book in the
Derry Greene thriller series, is due
out later in 2015. ~ Jack Adler

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit. ~ Graham Greene

Everyday life seems so permanent and unshakable‒but, as I was reminded by these writers, it can be destroyed by a single phone call. ~ Graham Greene

Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or pathetic - it makes people come to you. ~ Robert Greene

I'm tired and I'm sick to death of being without you. ~ Graham Greene

rather amazingly, an IAT developed for monkeys shows that they, too, exhibit implicit preferences for in-group members, associating good things like fruit with in-group members and bad things like spiders with out-group members. ~ Joshua Greene

Approaching the stove, she would don a voluminous apron, toss some meat on a platter, empty a skillet of its perfectly cooked a point vegetables, sprinkle a handful of chopped parsley over all, and then, like a proficient striptease artist, remove the apron, allowing it to fall to the floor with a shake of her hips. ~ Bert Greene

Disagreements over which people, deities, and texts are authoritative also lead to disagreements over matters of earthly fact. ~ Joshua Greene

The window of opportunity is slamming shut on our fingers. ~ Matt Greene

There is too little mystery in the world; too many people say exactly what they feel or want. ~ Robert Greene