"Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background."

-- William Standish Knowles

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“More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic.”

Source : "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, USA Today, January 31, 2009.
“I find beauty in the continual shaping of chaos which clearly embodies the primordial power of nature's performance”
“We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.”
“Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've been, son. Baked and fired. But a pot don't have the right to choose whether he be for water, wine, or just left empty. You have, son. You have.”
“Be a physical chemist, an analytical chemist, an organic chemist, if you will; but above all, be a chemist.”

Source : "The Life of Ira Remsen" by F.H. Getmen, (pp. 70-71), 1940.
“I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.”
“I figured out early on what I wanted to do.”
“At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.”

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