Books Quote by Irving Langmuir Download Open image “And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.” — Irving Langmuir ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books International Literature
“Let me be very clear. For me geography does not exist! I strongly object to the whole concept of “foreign literature”...and speaking of national… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Internationalism’ is a way of reading, and not a demography of readership.” — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. — James Payn Copy Share Image
Many of the things that have happened in the laboratory have happened in ways it would have been impossible to foresee, but not impossible… — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth. — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible… — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant. — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists… — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all… — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
Train yourselves. Don't wait to be fed knowledge out of a book. Get out and seek it. Make explorations. Do your own research work.… — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind. — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
[There] are cases where there is no dishonesty involved but where people are tricked into false results by a lack of understanding about what… — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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