Invited Quotes - Page 4

• I will have nothing to do with a bomb! [Response to being invited (1943) to work with Otto Robert Frisch and some British scientists at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project to create the atomic bomb.]

  Lise Meitner

  Bombs, Manhattan, Scientist

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• So many times we come to Jesus in worship and ask Him for things that He already IS and has already done... What a concept to come into worship knowing who we are approaching...the absolute fullness of God, pleased to dwell in this Jesus whom we worship. He's already broken the chains...already seated us with Him...already invited us 'into the glorious'.

  Christy Nockels

  Jesus, Knowing, Broken

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• I changed schools a lot when I was in elementary school because some girls were mean. They were less mean in middle school, because I was doing all right; although this one girl gave me invitations to hand out to her birthday party that I wasn't invited to.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Girl, Bullying, Party

  "I beat the bullying bitches… now I steer clear of suck-ups" by Emily Fairbairn, www.thesun.co.uk. March 07, 2013.

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• Students and invited speakers do not shed their constitutional rights when they step up to the graduation podium. Expressing faith in God does not disqualify a student from delivering a graduation message. Being designated as valedictorian or salutatorian is an honor, and students chosen for that honor should be free to share their gratitude to God with their fellow students and family members.

  Mathew Staver

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• I served for 42 years on the board of trustees of the largest Presbyterian seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and we had brilliant people - teachers and students both-but they did not come up with many new concepts. They weren't invited to come up with new concepts. Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.

  John Templeton

  Teacher, Teaching, Optimistic

  "Sir John's Divine Gamble" by Gary Wolf, June 1, 1999.

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• I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties. Girls didn't like me that much -- I didn't even go to my prom.

  Paul Wesley

  Girl, Party, School

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• The media want to maintain their intimate relation to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to get invited to the press conferences. They want to rub shoulders with the Secretary of State, all that kind of business. To do that, you've got to play the game, and playing the game means telling their lies, serving as their disinformation apparatus.

  Noam Chomsky

  Lying, Mean, Media

  "Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian". Book by David Barsamian, chomsky.info. 1992.

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• It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what you have read to me about Parliament, I do not think any dragons are invited to go there

  Naomi Novik

  Thinking, Dragons, Law

  Naomi Novik (2006). “His Majesty's Dragon: A Novel of Temeraire”, p.299, Del Rey

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• As a young boy, Charles Darwin made friends easily but preferred to spend his time taking long, solitary nature walks. (As an adult he was no different. “My dear Mr. Babbage,” he wrote to the famous mathematician who had invited him to a dinner party, “I am very much obliged to you for sending me cards for your parties, but I am afraid of accepting them, for I should meet some people there, to whom I have sworn by all the saints in Heaven, I never go out.”)

  Susan Cain

  Party, Boys, Long

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• Simon turned to Jordan, who was lying down across the futon, his head propped against one of the woven throw pillows. "How much of that did you hear?" "Enough to gather that we're going to a party tonight," said Jordan. "I heard about the Ironworks event. I'm not in the Garroway pack, so I wasn't invited." "I guess you're coming as my date now." Simon shoved the phone back into his pocket. "I'm secure enough in my masculinity to accept that," said Jordan. "We'd better get you something nice to wear, though," he called as Simon headed back into his room. "I want you to look pretty.

  Cassandra Clare

  Nice, Lying, Party

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

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• I've seen a lot of movies where a kid my age finds out he's got magical powers and then gets invited to go away to some special school. Well, if I've got an invitation coming, now would be the perfect time to get it

  Jeff Kinney

  School, Kids, Perfect

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• Stay out of my mind. You certainly weren't invited.' Her hands went to her hips. 'And just for the record, your mind needs to be washed out with soap! Half the things you think we're going to do are never going to happen. I could never look at you again.

  Christine Feehan

  Thinking, Hands, Mind

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• Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sort of parties.

  Douglas Adams

  Party, Said, Physicist

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

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• Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.

  Richard Dawkins

  Doubt, Window, Gravity

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• I invited myself. Thought this table needed some class.

  Libba Bray

  Class, Tables, Needed

  Libba Bray (2012). “The Diviners: Number 1 in series”, p.81, Hachette UK

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• Coach Hedge grumbled as he tended their wounds. “How come I never get invited on these violent trips?

  Rick Riordan

  Violent, Coaches, Wounds

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• Boys. Listen up. We are going out for a girls’ night, where there will be dancing.” Kami did an illustrative shimmy. Angela looked resigned. Jared looked amused. “What was that?” “You’ve got to dance like nobody’s watching, Jared,” Kami informed him. “Have you considered that perhaps nobody’s watching because they’re too embarrassed for you?” “Fine,” said Kami, grinning at him. “Be a hater of dances. Be a hater of joy. I don’t care. You’re not invited!

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Girl, Boys, Night

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• Maybe they invited me because they know I have a tuxedo

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Tuxedos, Knows

  Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!”, CNIB, 197

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• Not being invited in is one of the boxes on the “suspicious behavior” bingo form that every copper carries around in their head along with “stupidly overpowerful dog” and being too quick to supply an alibi. Fill all the boxes and you too could win an all-­expenses-paid visit to your local police station.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Dog, Winning, Police

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.2, Del Rey

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• I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria. But actually trusting someone when they have nothing to gain from me just doesn't make sense. All friendships are negotiations of power.

  Holly Black

  Party, Mean, People

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff face of happiness in order to reach a wide, high plateau on which we will live out the rest of our lives; we are not reminded that soon after gaining the summit, we will be called down again into fresh lowlands of anxiety and desire.

  Alain de Botton

  Believe, Order, Giving

  Alain De Botton (2008). “Status Anxiety”, p.196, Vintage

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• Here we are at the bottom, almost empty. It's like confetti, these dried remnants you find in the street for a party no one invited you to. But they used to be, I can admit, part of something beautiful.

  Daniel Handler

  Beautiful, Party, Empty

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.190, Egmont UK

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• We're all working hard, but so far away from what we actually want to be doing. We're all peering in at the window of a party we aren't invited to yet, a party we wouldn't know how to dress for, or what kind of conversation to make, even if we came as someone's guest.

  Lauren Graham

  Party, Dresses, Guests

  Lauren Graham (2013). “Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel”, p.196, Ballantine Books

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• My mother," he said, "has invited us to a ball." Elena pulled a blade from one of the butter-soft forearm sheaths that had been a gift from Raphael. "Excuse me while I stab myself in the eyes-and disembowel myself while I'm at it.

  Nalini Singh

  Mother, Eye, Balls

  Nalini Singh (2013). “Archangel's Legion”, p.3, Penguin

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• In big industry new ideas are invited to rear their heads so they can be clobbered at once. The idea department of a big firm is a sort of lab for isolating dangerous viruses.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Business, Ideas, Labs

  Marshall McLuhan (1964). “Understanding media: the extensions of man”

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