"Almost all the greatest discoveries in astronomy have resulted from what we have elsewhere termed Residual Phenomena, of a qualitative or numerical kind, of such portions of the numerical or quantitative results of observation as remain outstanding and unaccounted for, after subducting and allowing for all that would result from the strict application of known principles."

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Source : Outlines of Astronomy (p. 548)

John Herschel

#Discovery Quotes #Principles Quotes #Kind Quotes

“If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship.”
“I love England but everything that has happened makes me realise that I would be better off in the States.”
“Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.”
“I really want to work with Emma Stone; she is adorable.”

Source : "Isabelle Fuhrman: We're Obsessing Over The 'Hunger Games' Star In This Week's Girl Crush" by Amy Wilkinson, www.mtv.com. March 23, 2012.
“There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I'm not like that.”
“He [Andrew Carnegie] wanted people to be able to lift themselves, to educate themselves, to train themselves. And there was no better way to do that than with libraries.”

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