Periodic Quotes

51 quotes by 51 authors

People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly clearly. Periodic famines are due… — David Attenborough
Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. — Ezra Taft Benson
For most people, chemotherapy is no longer the chamber of horrors we often conceive it to be. Yes, it is an ordeal for some people,… — Geraldine Brooks
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. — Eleanor Roosevelt
For example, there are numbers of chemists who occupy themselves exclusively with the study of dyestuffs. They discover facts that are useful to scientific chemistry;… — Charles Sanders Peirce
[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on elements in general… — Frederick Soddy
Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that… — Leonard Bishop
Vince Russo destroyed the Periodic Table as he only recognises the element of surprise. — Jim Cornette
For me too, the periodic table was a passion. ... As a boy, I stood in front of the display for hours, thinking how wonderful… — Freeman Dyson
Conquering matter is to understand it, and understanding matter is necessary to understanding the universe and ourselves: and that therefore Mendeleev's Periodic Table, which just… — Primo Levi
Tell me it's never been done. Because the only real laws in this world-the only things we really know-are the two postulates of relativity, the… — Dean Kamen
I was born with a lot of horsepower. There was a lot cooking inside me, a lot of energy, and Dad was a strong man… — Richard Boone
About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of… — Sidney Altman
Not time is the measure of movement but: ...each constant periodic appearance of ideas. — John Locke
Periodic fasts are necessary to flush out the poisons. — Jentezen Franklin
I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because… — Queen Rania of Jordan
Whatever sense of professional competence we feel in adult life is less the sum of accomplishment than the absence of impossibility: it's really our relief… — Adam Gopnik
In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal,… — Barbara Tuchman
... and holy hell the chocolate is so intense and pure it should be named an element and given a spot on the periodic table.… — Laini Taylor
I immersed myself in The Periodic Table gladly and gratefully. There is nothing superfluous here, everything this book contains is essential. It is wonderful pure,… — Saul Bellow

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