#they say

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it. ↗

— Louis Agassiz

#been #before #believed #bible #conflicts

If you're old and you lose, they say you're outmoded. If you're young and you lose, they say you're green. So don't lose. ↗

— Terry Brennan

#lose #old #outmoded #say #they say

They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him. ↗

— Jack Cade

#any #ask #bribes #else #forfeiture

I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, hanging from a red umbrella with which I set fire to the forest! ↗

— Camille Claudel

#any #because #bed #better #cannot

I know folks all have a tizzy about it, but I like a little bourbon of an evening. It helps me sleep. I don't much care what they say about it. ↗

— Lillian Gordy Carter

#bourbon #care #evening #folks #helps

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#become #done #famous #people #say

Though we hear various reports of his existence we can never find the young wizard who is able so they say to graft the soul of a girl to the soul of her lover so that not even the sharp scissors of the Fates can ever sever them apart. ↗

— Harry Crosby

#apart #even #ever #existence #fates

People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: 'We'll come to Silverstone and have a look how it's done', and I tell them to stay away. ↗

— Bernie Ecclestone

#away #build #circuits #come #done

They say Formula One is a market which it can't be, obviously. Our market is independent, it's a sport. ↗

— Bernie Ecclestone

#formula one #independent #market #obviously #our

What they say about TV shows is true. You're really a family. You laugh, you fight, you get close, you know? Movies are shorter. They're over quicker. You don't form the same bonds. ↗

— James Gandolfini

#bonds #close #family #fight #form