Half Quotes - Page 14

Half of what we know is wrong, the purpose of science is to determine which half.

My general theory since 1971 has been that the word is literally a virus, and that it has not been recognized as such because it has achieved a state of relatively stable symbiosis with its human host; that is to say, the word virus (the other Half) has established itself so firmly as an accepted part of the human organism that it can now sneer at gangster viruses like smallpox and turn them in to the Pasteur Institute.

We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind And lost the old nonchalance of the hand; Whether we have chosen chisel, pen or brush, We are but critics, or but half create.

Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste.

This bridge will take you halfway there - the last few steps you will have to take yourself.

I expected something a little more castle-shaped," said Jamie. Nothing lasts forever," Nick said. "Except demons, of course." Has anyone ever told you that you're a charming conversationalist?" Jamie asked. No," Nick replied honestly. I cannot tell you how much that surprises me," Jamie told him, and Nick gave him a half smile.

I've always been obsessed with things that are half animal and half human - like mermaids and Minotaurs - because they are trapped in an animal body. And I felt trapped in my own life.

If you're depressed and called Morgan spend the first half of the day in Germany for some positive affirmation.

Women hold up half the sky.

I don't really watch too many movies. I don't have the patience usually to watch one, one and a half or two hours in a row.

Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship.

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.

I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?

I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet.

There are times when it will go so wrong that you will barely be alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms.

One of the reasons so many people fail is they get on this treadmill for an hour or an hour and a half. That's totally unnecessary. If it's cardiovascular, you don't need more than 15 to 17 or 18 minutes if it's vigorous.

The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.

Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be.

I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.

I like to see the glass as half full, hopefully of jack daniels.

The judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth.

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

Human relationships are the tragic necessity of human life; that they can never be wholly satisfactory, that every ego is half the time greedily seeking them, and half the time pulling away from them.