#Giving Quotes #Pleasure Quotes #States Quotes
“In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them.”
“The fact that most people do not understand and respect the very best things, such as Mozart's concertos, is what permits men like us to become famous.”
“All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may perhaps seem unjust that all their beautiful ideas get no other recognition than a zero on the tournament table.”
“There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as it becomes a matter of course.”
“I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people's lives.”
“I cried sobbingly until at last those visions reeking with blood came to comfort me. And then I surrendered myself to them, to those deplorably brutal visions, my most intimate friends.”
“I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little guilty, because I haven't replied to anyone yet - it is something I will be doing.”
“I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts”
August Kekule Chemist
George Porter Chemist
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Physicist
Humphry Davy Chemist
James Dewar Chemist
Lord Kelvin Physicist
William Henry Bragg Physicist
