Scientists are used to debating with one another about the finer points of new research. But increasingly, they find themselves battling their… — Lewis M. Branscomb Copy Share Image
We are apt to rely upon future prospects, and become really expensive while we are only rich in possibility. We live up… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
About Archimedes one remembers that he did strange things: he ran around naked shouting 'Heureka!', plunged crowns into water, drew geometric figures… — Lucio Russo Copy Share Image
When we stopped to rest and Tony tried to figure out what was wrong with his compass, I asked him what he… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
On Tralfamadore, says Billy Pilgrim, there isn't much interest in Jesus Christ. The Earthling figure who is most engaging to the Tralfamadorian… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My favorite part about costume designing is the artistry of the job. You meet with a director and a visionary to discuss… — Ruth E. Carter Copy Share Image
Men there have been who have done the essayist's part so well as to have earned an immortality in the doing; but… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
If someone uses the amount of time I spend in the public eye as criteria for what my music could possibly mean… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
I haven’t got the heart to take the mickey out of him, even,” said Fred, looking over at Ron’s crumpled figure. “Mind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It's the saddest year in movies. We've got "Manchester," "Moonlight," "Chronic," "Jackie" ... it's sad when "American Honey" is the happiest film… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Nobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Sting are… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Ordinary men, to whom all things are possible, don't often, if ever, think of Heaven. It is a name, and nothing more,… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
I went through some stuff. And I got very depressed at times. It was like a marriage breaking up suddenly, violently, quickly.… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Actually the royal family were very gracious and good to me. But I also found that the British establishment were never quite… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
