In the year 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain water. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
In the year 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain water.
More than forty years of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in an unhappy and artificial division of Europe. Anders Celsius
More than forty years of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in an unhappy and artificial division of Europe.
Calgary wins for my coldest New Year’s Eve gig. That’s when I learned Fahrenheit and Celsius cross at 40 below. I could see callers’ breath coming out of my phone. Anders Celsius
Calgary wins for my coldest New Year’s Eve gig. That’s when I learned Fahrenheit and Celsius cross at 40 below. I could see callers’ breath coming out of my phone.
In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish. Alfred Blalock
In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.
For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith. Felix Adler
For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.
[on the Oscar season] I call it the bitter season, because year after year, I've seen it come and go and not been a member of the club. And yet I've continued to make a living as an actor. Kevin Bacon
[on the Oscar season] I call it the bitter season, because year after year, I've seen it come and go and not been a member of the club. And yet I've continued to make a living as an actor.
Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack. Alexander Fleming
Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack.
A woman is always younger than a man at equal years. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A woman is always younger than a man at equal years.
In the beginning of the year 1800 the illustrious professor conceived the idea of forming a long column by piling up, in succession, a disc of copper, a disc of zinc, and a disc of wet cloth, with scrupulous attention to not changing this order. Alessandro Volta
In the beginning of the year 1800 the illustrious professor conceived the idea of forming a long column by piling up, in succession, a disc of copper, a disc of zinc, and a disc of wet cloth, with scrupulous attention to not changing this order.