"[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on elements in general and the Periodic Law.... Chemical homogeneity is no longer a guarantee that any supposed element is not a mixture of several of different atomic weights, or that any atomic weight is not merely a mean number."

-- Frederick Soddy

#Mean Quotes #Light Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and museums”

Source : Zbigniew Herbert, John Carpenter, Bogdana Carpenter (1985). “Raport z oblezonego miasta i inne wiersze”, Ecco Pr
“I used to think all poets were Byronic Mad, bad and dangerous to know. And then I met a few. See Lamb 486:25.”

Source : 1986 'Triolet'. 0 See Lamb 486:25.
“I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration.”
“If only religious leaders could be trusted, then maybe there wouldn't be so many problems. They have perverted any truth that the Bible may have.”
“Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.”
“Reasonable and vicious are quite consistent with each other, in fact, only through their union are great and far-reaching crimes possible”
“I'm an American before any party preference.”

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