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Nigel Forbes Dennis
(16 Jan 1912 - 19 Jul 1989)
English writer known for his plays, which like Shaw's, focus around a serious moral or intellectual problem. His career included work as an editor, book reviewer, drama critic, as well as publishing magazine articles and novels.
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Science Quotes by Nigel Forbes Dennis (1 quote)
[Agatha Christie] is fond of quoting the witty wife who once said, 'an archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
Christie's husband, Max Mallowan, was an archaeologist.
Christie's husband, Max Mallowan, was an archaeologist.
— Nigel Forbes Dennis
Attributed in Life 1956. In Russell H. Fitzgibbon, The Agatha Christie Companion 1980), 22.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
