"Chemists in earlier centuries were quite interested in the nature of acids. They had no interest in analysing their concept of acid. After all, they knew that their understanding of acids was at a fairly primitive level, and what they wanted to do was understand something about the world better - the nature of acidity - not something about their own concepts."

-- Hilary Kornblith

#Understanding Quotes #World Quotes #Levels Quotes

“I just feel like I haven't grown up yet. I live on my own and I do grown-up things, but there is something about me that is very youthful.”

Source : "Kay Panabaker Talks LITTLE BIRDS, Auditioning, Playing a Teenager, and Shooting at the Salton Sea". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 6, 2012.
“You planning top kill me with a Wiffle bat?" [Carson asked] "Yeah." "Why?" he asked. The bat was shaking in my tight grip. "Because I don't have my Minnie Mouse pillow.”
“We wield an enormous influence over the world through how we choose to vote and what we choose to buy. Again, it's the power of numbers. If voters hold their leaders responsible for doing something about global warming, it will get done. If most people refuse to buy products from companies that, for example, wrap products in more plastic than necessary, pretty soon the plastic wrapping will stop.”

Source : Anthony D. Barnosky (2010). “Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming”, p.213, Island Press
“There are constant cycles in history. There is loss, but it is always followed by regeneration. The tales of our elders who remember such cycles are very important to us now.”
“"Nationwide" featured an amazing collection of apprentice impersonators. From all over Britain, schoolchildren materialised via local studios to give us their imitations of the mighty. There were at least three uncannily accurate Margaret Thatchers, their eyelids fatigued with condescension and their voices swooping and whining like dive-bombers.”
“It's a matter of how the bullpen looks as to whether Bell goes in there or Crow goes in there. Bell won't be ready for a start for another 10 days.”
“In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.”
“Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.”

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