"The discovery of electrical waves... has had a profound influence on civilization; it has been instrumental in providing the methods which may bring all inhabitants of the world within hearing distance of each other and has potentialities social, educational and political which we are only beginning to realize."

-- Joseph John Thomson

#Educational Quotes #Distance Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Right now we have millions of people in our country who are suffering in isolation, thinking that they are the only ones who are dealing with drug addiction, who don't realize that on their own block there are other people and families. They think they're alone and they think they're going to be judged and they don't want to talk about it. But when people do come forward and share their stories it's incredibly liberating, and it gives other people permission to tell their stories too.”
“Live a life worth remembering.”
“No two electrons in the same state? That is why atoms are so unnecessarily big, and why metal and stone are so bulky.”
“I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around.”
“It’s not just about being against cruelty. It’s about being for compassion.”
“It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today.”
“You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.”
“He did nothing in particular, and did it very well.”

Source : 'Iolanthe' (1882) act 2

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