Over the years, I have learned that every significant invention has several characteristics. By definition it must be startling, unexpected, and must come into a world that is not prepared for it. Edwin H. Land
Over the years, I have learned that every significant invention has several characteristics. By definition it must be startling, unexpected, and must come into a world that is not prepared for it.
The idea of God that I absorbed was that it would be wonderful if He existed: We needed Him desperately but had not seen Him in many thousands of years. Edward Teller
The idea of God that I absorbed was that it would be wonderful if He existed: We needed Him desperately but had not seen Him in many thousands of years.
Within a month he knew that his marriage was a failure; within a year he stopped hoping that it would improve. John Edward Williams
Within a month he knew that his marriage was a failure; within a year he stopped hoping that it would improve.
Two years later with the advent of penicillin, he would have been saved. It reinforced in my mind the importance of scientific discovery. Gertrude B. Elion
Two years later with the advent of penicillin, he would have been saved. It reinforced in my mind the importance of scientific discovery.
Maybe I was young and 'cute' (after all, I was only twenty then), but I've learned over the years that when you put white lab coats on chemists, they all look alike! Gertrude B. Elion
Maybe I was young and 'cute' (after all, I was only twenty then), but I've learned over the years that when you put white lab coats on chemists, they all look alike!
The most consequential change in man's view of the world, of living nature and of himself came with the introduction, over a period of some 100 years beginning only in the 18th century, of the idea of change itself. Ernst Mayr
The most consequential change in man's view of the world, of living nature and of himself came with the introduction, over a period of some 100 years beginning only in the 18th century, of the idea of change itself.
I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet. Jack London
I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.
The very substance intended to provide food and life to millions of our countrymen and which we have produced and supplied for years has suddenly become a cruel enemy for reasons we are as yet unable to fathom. It has reduced our site to rubble. Carl Bosch
The very substance intended to provide food and life to millions of our countrymen and which we have produced and supplied for years has suddenly become a cruel enemy for reasons we are as yet unable to fathom. It has reduced our site to rubble.
In 1986 I was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for kidnapping and second-degree murder. Donna Hylton
In 1986 I was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for kidnapping and second-degree murder.
In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party. Franz Boas
In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party.
I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win. Hedy Lamarr
I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are. Noam Chomsky
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.