"Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs."

-- Francis Crick

#Science Quotes #Engineering Quotes #Piano Quotes

“I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.”
“You can't reason people out of beliefs they weren't reasoned into.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 16, 2016
“Reforms often fail because politics favors symbols over substance.”
“Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.”
“Come on 'long prosperous life!'”
“The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.”
“Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity...and here I am, reborn.”

Source : Witold Gombrowicz (2012). “Ferdydurke”, p.82, Yale University Press
“The question is, when does the therapeutic community end and the reality kick back in Then, what do you do with them”

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