#howe

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#backgrounds #been #both #came #college

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang around. ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#bang #books #good #however #i

However, we still have the problem of free travel and movement, since the Travel Documents issued by UNMIK as the substitute to passports, are not fully recognized yet by all countries. ↗

— Ibrahim Rugova

#documents #free #fully #however #issued

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#finding #jacket #nixon #out #tails

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. ↗

— John Ruskin

#cannot #commonplace #concealment #however #may

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. ↗

— John Ruskin

#ever #fish #free #great #however

If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'. ↗

— Winona Ryder

#descriptions #few #first #girl #i

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#delusion #far #grasp #however #persist

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#delusion #far #grasp #however #me

I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#anyone #contributed #else #happy #herself