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science power wit
The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power. Francis Bacon
science branches curious
It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science. Ernst Mayr
science two together
Two forms or species are sympatric, if they occur together, that is if their areas of distribution overlap or coincide. Two forms (or species) are allapatric, if they do not occur together, that is if they exclude each other geographically. The term allopatric is primarily useful in denoting geographic representatives. Ernst Mayr
science odds should
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1. Ernest Rutherford
science gentleman
Gentlemen, now you will see that now you see nothing. And why you see nothing you will see presently. Ernest Rutherford
science talking atomic-energy
The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine. Ernest Rutherford
science impossible physics
All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial. Ernest Rutherford
science men enemy
How could science be an enemy of religion when God commanded man to be a scientist the day He told him to rule the earth and subject it? Fulton J. Sheen
science soul perdition
Science without conscience is the soul's perdition. Francois Rabelais
hands looks remakes
Say make me, remake me. You are free to do it and I am free to let you because look, look. Look where your hands are. Now. Toni Morrison
hands guy fists
If you shake your fist, the other guy will shake his too. But if you extend your hand to shake their hand, then they will extend theirs also, and you've made a friend. Ricardo Montalban
hands evil identity
I had learned to dwell with pleasure as a beloved daydream on the thought of the separation of these elements. If each I told myself could be housed in separate identities life would be relieved of all that was unbearable the unjust might go his way delivered from the aspirations and remorse of his more upright twin and the just could walk steadfastly and securely on his upward path doing the good things in which he found his pleasure and no longer exposed to disgrace and penitence by the hands of this extraneous evil. Robert Louis Stevenson
hands enjoy
I looked down again at the sign in my hand - ENJOY THE RIDE! - and it seemed, suddenly, to be just that. A sign. Sarah Dessen
hands history fables
History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction. Voltaire
hands brain wells
I was one who liked to work with my hands as well as my brain. William Standish Knowles
hands honor suffering
I thought there's something to be said for honor in this world where there doesn't seem to be any honor left. I thought that maybe happiness wasn't really anything more than the knowledge of a life well spent, in spite of whatever immediate discomfort you had to undergo, and that if a life well spent meant compromises and conciliations and reconciliations, and suffering at the hands of the person you love, well then better that than live without honor. William Styron
hands ideas enemy
There is only one purpose in hand-to-hand combat, and that is to kill. Never face an enemy with the idea of knocking him out. The chances are extremely good that he will kill you. William Powell
hands appreciate cop
I can fully appreciate the fury and anger that a person can feel when put through a humiliating experience by a cop, but I would recommend strongly that a person maintain his cool, and in no circumstances lose his temper. If you lose your temper, you are playing right into the cop's hands. William Powell
civilization crafts invention
The sentence is the greatest human invention of civilization. John Banville
civilization local sign single
There was not a single trail, no sign of civilization, no sign of even local communities ever having been there. Bruce Beehler
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization clothes lasts
This was life! Ah, how he loved it! Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. Even clothes were a hindrance and a nuisance. At last he was free. He had not realized what a prisoner he had been. Edgar Rice Burroughs
civilization destroyed hoped seems since sort
It seems to me we are now, since 1789, going through the same sort of process of regeneration the Roman world went through between 300 and 500. It is only to be hoped all civilization will not again be destroyed by the anarchists. Harry Graf Kessler
civilization crumbling finest good mindful
I don't think we're crumbling as a civilization, but this is not our finest hour, and it's good to be mindful that we're all susceptible to fall and to look at what are the earmarks of a civilization on the wane. What are they - destruction of the environment? Conspicuous consumption? Heard of those? Mel Gibson
civilization peaceful operations
Civilization is a work of peaceful co-operation. Ludwig von Mises
civilization would-be economy
If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. Ludwig von Mises
civilization belief produce
Godlessness invariably produces vulgarity. Civilization is the product of belief. Cynthia Ozick