Quotes
Authors
Actors
Artists
Home
Authors
Hannes Alfven
Quote
Famous quote by
Hannes Alfven
Mobile
Desktop
Like
"Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy"
- Hannes Alfven
People
Today
About the Author
This quote is written / told by
Hannes Alfven
between May 30, 1908 and April 2, 1995. He/she was a famous
Scientist
from
Sweden
. The author also have
5 other quotes
.
Go to author profile
Similar Quotes
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"
Lao Tzu, Author
"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"
John Portman, Architect
"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"
Thor Heyerdahl, Explorer
"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist
"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"
George Matthew Adams, Philosopher
"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people"
Leo Rosten, Novelist
"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"
Kathy Bates, Actress
"Ambition is not a vice of little people"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
"A company is only as good as the people it keeps"
Mary Kay Ash, Businesswoman
"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money"
P. J. O'Rourke, Journalist