Alva Myrdal Quotes

“The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.”

“The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing.”

“An agent is a guy who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what he makes.”

“Facts and values are entangled in science. It's not because scientists are biased, not because they are partial or influenced by other kinds of interests, but because of a commitment to reason, consistency, coherence, plausibility and replicability. These are value commitments.”

“I never did anything worth doing by accident nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.”

“I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”

“If we did all the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.”

“It's not worthy of human beings to give up.”

“Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.”

“And when the Duke of Alva ordered three hundred Citizens to be put to Death together at Antwerp, a Lady who saw the Sight was presently afterwards deliver'd of a Child without a Head. So lives the Power of Imagination even in this Rationall Age.”