I love thee for a heart that's kind --not for the knowledge in thy mind.


William Henry Davies

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Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - p...
PAUL DAVIES
If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on...
LYNN DAVIES
I still do cardiovascular exercises, aerobic exercises, and then strength training, as it's impo...
LYNN DAVIES
Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in ...
DAVE DAVIES
Serenity is the balance between good and bad, life and death, horrors and pleasures. Life is, as it ...
NORMAN DAVIES
I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.
RAY DAVIES
Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Wales is delighted to be partnering with the state of Michigan, who we consider to be a leader in th...
ANDREW DAVIES
Bleak House is a great baggy thing, the plot doesn't work in all sorts of parts, so you've got to ti...
ANDREW DAVIES
They also said they woke better and seemed to have a bit more energy during the day.
ANDREW DAVIES
Our scheme guaranteeing free travel for elderly and disabled people on local bus services continues ...
ANDREW DAVIES
I've got some good news for you.
ANDREW DAVIES
For much of the 20th century people left Wales, but today the old adage 'You have to get out to get ...
ANDREW DAVIES
It is a fascinating period, but people are expecting miracles - and miracles just don't happen, ... ...
ANDREW DAVIES
I am delighted with this appointment. Gareth is a proven operator at a senior strategy and operation...
ANDREW DAVIES
When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you.
LYNN DAVIES
Not only does this software detect activity, it starts making its own measurements before researcher...
ASHLEY DAVIES
We were short-dollar as our core view is that the Fed ended its tightening cycle on Jan. 31.
ASHLEY DAVIES
Given the market is looking for another rate hike at the end-March FOMC meeting, it seems likely tha...
ASHLEY DAVIES
On the upside, we think that 112.50 could be a key level to watch, beyond which foreign investors ma...
ASHLEY DAVIES
On the upside, we think that 112.50 could be a key level to watch, beyond which foreign investors ma...
ASHLEY DAVIES
A catalyst for a higher Australian dollar versus New Zealand's dollar could be relative monetary pol...
ASHLEY DAVIES
With the Charles Schumer bill possibly being voted on by the end of this month, now may be a good ti...
ASHLEY DAVIES
The market is taking the very superficial view that the Fed is about to stop lifting rates and hence...
ASHLEY DAVIES
A catalyst for a higher Australian dollar versus New Zealand's dollar could be relative monetary pol...
ASHLEY DAVIES
Well, something's got to give. Otherwise Germany will be back to the polls in a few weeks' time.
ASHLEY DAVIES
Cancer is such a ruthless adversary because it behaves as if it has its own fiendishly cunning agend...
PAUL DAVIES
There are a lot of kids coming in to athletics, but there is also a big drop-out rate. We've got...
LYNN DAVIES
Astronauts have been stuck in low-Earth orbit, boldly going nowhere. American attempts to kick-start...
PAUL DAVIES
Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returni...
PAUL DAVIES
The one certainly for anyone in the path of an avalanche is this: standing still is not an option.
NORMAN DAVIES
Historical change is like an avalanche. The starting point is a snow-covered mountainside that looks...
NORMAN DAVIES
Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.
ANDREW DAVIES
No planet is more earth-like than Earth itself, so if life really does pop up readily in earth-like ...
PAUL DAVIES
A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza for planetary scie...
PAUL DAVIES
The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newton's formulation of the laws of...
PAUL DAVIES
I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.
RAY DAVIES
Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the...
RAY DAVIES
What I try to do probably doesn't come out. What I've worked out what I do - I might not be ...
RAY DAVIES
You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.
ANDREW DAVIES
It is no longer my moral duty as a human being to achieve an integrated and unitary set of explanati...
BRONWYN DAVIES
One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipl...
SIOBHAN DAVIES
I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I...
ALAN DAVIES
I can't stand tribute bands. It's nice, bless 'em, but it's not right. They can'...
DAVE DAVIES
A boy is a man in miniature, and though he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue, as well as characte...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
I hear Glenn Hoddle has found God. That must have been one hell of a pass.
BOB DAVIES
We have a track record of not disappointing the market's expectations... We expect strong growth to ...
BOB DAVIES
We expect strong growth to continue through acquisitions and tendering opportunities.
BOB DAVIES