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Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to… — Karl Kraus
An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy. It's a gift that says, "Get honest; inquire." We reach out for alcohol, or television, or credit cards,… — Byron Katie
The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the paper. I have… — Willem de Kooning
Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be content to have… — Herman Melville
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. — Gilbert Highet
Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once. — W. C. Sellar
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams
A poem is but a thought, a mere memory caught at play. From hand onto paper, bleeding thoughts emerge. — Robert M. Hensel
The monetary managers are fond of telling us that they have substituted 'responsible money management' for the gold standard. But there is no historic record… — Henry Hazlitt
Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and… — George Polya
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used… — Marie Curie
Mr Hooke sent, in his next letter [to Sir Isaac Newton] the whole of his Hypothesis, scil that the gravitation was reciprocall to the square… — John Aubrey
Most of the crackpot papers which are submitted to The Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to understand them, but because it… — Freeman Dyson
It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic research in physics… — Barack Obama
[There] are cases where there is no dishonesty involved but where people are tricked into false results by a lack of understanding about what human… — Irving Langmuir
Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper. — Ray Bradbury
In love matters; keep your pen from paper. — Alfred de Musset
The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left… — Thomas Jefferson
Until there's a public commitment, and action to back that commitment, a policy is only words on paper. — Tim Field
Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to a majority; but… — Henry David Thoreau

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