"If all history is only an amplification of biography, the history of science may be most instructively read in the life and work of the men by whom the realms of Nature have been successively won."

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Source : Sir Archibald Geikie (1905). “The Founders of Geology”

Archibald Geikie

#Men Quotes #Amplification Quotes #May Quotes

“If the markets had behaved badly, that would obviously add to people's sense of alarm... but there has been a lot of reassurance coming, particularly in the way the Brits handled all this. There seems to be no great fear that something like that is going to happen here.”
“It is a sign of a medium's immaturity when one of the main topics of discussion is the medium itself.”
“I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.”

Source : Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2000.
“I didn't anticipate the primal quality of my pleasure, the raw physicality of it, the way my whole body leaps forward when I see my grandsons after a few days' absence.”
“Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.”

Source : Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.41, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
“The library is not a shrine for the worship of books. It is not a temple where literary incense must be burned or where one's one devotion to the bound book is expressed in ritual. A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.”
“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.”
“For me, if folks who are watching YouTube can pitch in a bit to help cover the cost for creating this work, that's great, but I don't want folks who can't helped to not have access to it. I really like the crowdfunding model in that regard.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com

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