Great Quotes

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Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as it does for many, the… — Pope John Paul II
If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having… — Jean Rostand
Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the North would proclaim a crusade… — Charles Darwin
The next great task of science is to create a religion for humanity. — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the veil… — Benjamin Peirce
The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would… — Nikola Tesla
Oh great, socks. You know I'm dying for your sins right? Yeah, but thanks for the socks! They'll go great with my sandals. What am… — Jim Gaffigan
We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready… — Adam Clarke
One of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport. — Jon Anderson
The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over. — Maynard Ferguson
I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one. — Glenn Miller
No pains must be spared to wipe out all feeling of diffidence, embarrassment, or shame on the part of those receiving relief; [we] must be… — Heber J. Grant
Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door. — Richard Hamming
In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was grasshoppers. I passed around a… — Louis Agassiz
Ostwald was a great protagonist and an inspiring teacher. He had the gift of saying the right thing in the right way. When we consider… — Wilder Dwight Bancroft
In original nature There is no this and that. The Great Round Mirror Has no likes or dislikes. — Seungsahn
I was always willing to take a great deal of the burden of getting along in life on my own shoulders, but I wasn't willing… — Raquel Welch
Both Mitt and I have summer places up in New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee. And a few summers ago I was taking my grandchildren and… — J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr.
We can't let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided!'Let's fight like hell and stop this… — Donald Trump
...the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers... — Zitkala-Sa
He has a great pass, great vision, great shot, great everything. — Unknown Author
The Communists claim that they liberated the Russian people. Yet, when the Great Patriotic War began, these same Russians greeted their foreign invaders with tears,… — Viktor Suvorov
I should like a great lake of ale, for the King of Kings. I should like the family of heaven to be drinking it through… — Brigit of Kildare
Each of us has great gifts, but many of us severely limit ourselves with negative attitudes about our potential. — Gene R. Cook
I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up. — Orel Hershiser

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