"It is chiefly upon the lay citizen, informed about science but not its practitioner, that the country must depend in determining the use to which science is put, in resolving the many public policy questions that scientific discoveries constantly force upon us."

-- David Lilienthal

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“The smell of frustration cannot compete with the stench of non-creation”
“Alexia had found pregnancy relatively manageable, up to a point. That point having been some three weeks ago, at which juncture her natural reserves of control gave way to sentimentality. Only yesterday she had ended breakfast sobbing over the fried eggs because they looked at her funny. The pack had spent a good half hour trying to find a way to pacify her. Her husband was so worried he looked to start crying himself.”
“I could see he was having problems taking my punches. I had no problem taking his.”
“You've got to stop doing all the things that people have tried, tested, and found out don't work.”

Source : "These 10 Pre-Teen Entrepreneurs Make Millions More Than Their Parents" by Matt Wilson, www.businessinsider.com. September 27, 2010.
“A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.”
“The important thing is to use the role as a trampoline, a chance to study and play with what is behind our masks. Creativity, especially where acting is concerned, Is boundless sincerity, yet disciplined.”
“Yesterday during a speech on national security, Jeb Bush mispronounced Boko Haram and got confused between Iran and Iraq. When reached for comment, his brother George W. said, 'He sure sounds presidentiary to me.'”
“Unless you're willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.”

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