"Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses of nuclear medicine, an isotope of plutonium is a major energy source in the space program, and the element americium is critical to the smoke detectors in every house in the country."

-- Glenn T. Seaborg

#Country Quotes #Space Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“The world is too brutal for me-I am glad there is such a thing as the grave-I am sure I shall never have any rest till I get there.”
“If we all used clotheslines, we could save 30 million tons of coal a year, or shut down 15 nuclear power plants. And you don't have to wait to start. Yours could be up by this afternoon. To be specific, buy 50 feet of clothesline and a $3 bag of clothespins and become a solar energy pioneer.”
“If one man tells you to murder, you get a jail cell - if another man tells you to murder, you get medals and a pension.”
“Religion is the centre which unites, and the cement which connects the several parts of members of the political body.”
“After fifty, one ceases to digest. As someone once said, "I just ferment my food now."”

Source : Henry Green (1992). “Surviving: The Uncollected Writings of Henry Green”, Random House (UK)
“We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time.”
“My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.”
“That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.”

Source : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1983). “First love”, Viking Adult

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