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Charles Proteus Steinmetz

"The scientist is not much given to talking of the riddle of the universe. "Riddle" is not a scientific term. The conception of a riddle is "something which can he solved." And hence the scientist does not use that popular phrase. We don't know the why of anything. On that matter we are no further advanced than was the cavedweller. The scientist is contented if he can contribute something toward the knowledge of what is and how it is."

-- Charles Proteus Steinmetz

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“Is it cynical to assume that anyone smiling is a liar and a criminal?”

Source : FaceBook post by Dov Davidoff from Jun 06, 2012
“I can't jump into other people's shoes, I can only speak for me. My songs are pretty much sermons put to music.”
“So I've never in my whole life really been teased about my weight.”
“The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. Its a callous political game.”
“It didnâ€™t matter the quality of the writingâ€” Callieâ€™s fantasies about her fictional heroes were entirely democratic.”
“Mom is losing, no doubt, because our vegetables have come to lack two features of interest: nutrition and flavor. Storage and transport take predictable tolls on the volatile plant compounds that subtly add up to taste and food value. Breeding to increase shelf life also has tended to decrease palatability. Bizarre as it seems, we've accepted a tradeoff that amounts to: "Give me every vegetable in every season, even if it tastes like a cardboard picture of its former self."”
“For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.”

Source : Hannah Whitall Smith (1899). “Child Culture, Or, The Science of Motherhood”
“What a thrill to be able to say that you had a contribution in the life of someone - a young person, perhaps, who is trying to take a look at the possibility of their own lives and find out what they are good at and you can help steer their career.”

Source : Source: www.afb.org

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