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Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where… — Gene Spafford
The federal government is like a handicapped turtle trying to crawl around and keep up with the rabbit, which is technology. — Unknown Author
Other times, I look at my scars and see something else: a girl who was trying to cope with something horrible that she should never… — Cheryl Rainfield
When anything is pointed out, our only idea is to go from wrong to right; in spite of the fact that it has taken us… — F. Matthias Alexander
[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a… — Marjory Stephenson
In trying to evaluate Hopkins' unique contribution to biochemistry it may perhaps be said that he alone amongst his contemporaries succeeded in formulating the subject.… — Marjory Stephenson
What's the best part of being a mathematician? I'm not a religious man, but it's almost like being in touch with God when you're thinking… — Paul Halmos
The first thing the reasonable man must do is to be content with a very little knowledge and a very great deal of ignorance. The… — Arthur David Ritchie
Mathematics is not a deductive science-that's a cliché. When you try to prove a theorem, you don't just list the hypotheses, and then start to… — Paul Halmos
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.… — Nelson Goodman
Science gains from it [the pendulum] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparatus presents qualities that one would try in vain… — Leon Foucault
Feynman's cryptic remark, "no one is that much smarter ...," to me, implies something Feynman kept emphasizing: that the key to his achievements was not… — Philip Warren Anderson
How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him… — Clifford Truesdell
'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it, and today more… — Josemaria Escriva
I'm out there to clean the plate. Once they've read what I've written on a subject, I want them to think, 'That's it!' I think… — Richard Ben Cramer
Long patience and application saturated with your heart's blood-you will either write or you will not-and the only way to find out whether you will… — Unknown Author
Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain. — Francois Fenelon
The whole thing of this business is to retain your enthusiasm and, in a sense, retain your innocence and try to practice as much humility… — John Frankenheimer
I think the fault is more with historicists who have stubbornly failed to develop a good theory of historicity. By simply resting on the feeble… — Earl Doherty
Science, with its experiments and logic, tries to understand the order or structure of the universe. Religion, with its theological inspiration and reflection, tries to… — Charles Hard Townes
At least this is the way I see it. I am a physicist. I also consider myself a Christian. As I try to understand the… — Charles Hard Townes
Heaven or Hell? You make it seem as if that's an easy choice to make. Sitting there in heaven watching others burn, and I can't… — Deborah Pryce
Since biological change occurs slowly and cultural changes occur in every generation, it is futile to try to explain the fleeting phenomena of culture by… — Unknown Author
Don't hang on to your failures, because you can always try again. Trying gives hope. Hope gives us life. — Tsem Tulku
I feel like in a world where we all try to figure out our place and our purpose here, your passions are one of your… — Nick Woodman

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