"I feel very strongly indeed that a Cambridge education for our scientists should include some contact with the humanistic side. The gift of expression is important to them as scientists; the best research is wasted when it is extremely difficult to discover what it is all about ... It is even more important when scientists are called upon to play their part in the world of affairs, as is happening to an increasing extent."

-- William Lawrence Bragg

#Expression Quotes #Play Quotes #Important Quotes

“We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them.”
“There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.”
“It's easy to make up weird stuff. It gets trickier when you want the weird stuff to be interesting and make sense.”
“Mount Shasta - a vision of immensity such as pertains to the vast universe rather than to our own planet.”

Source : James Dwight Dana (1849). “United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N: Geology”, p.615
“O little souls! as pure as white And crystalline as rays of light Direct from heaven, their source divine; Refracted through the mist of years, How red my setting sun appears, How lurid looks this soul of mine!”
“Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools which are so.”
“You know you knit too much when ... Before you buy anything, such as a hammock or curtains, you seriously wonder whether you could knit it.”

Source : Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.294, Storey Publishing
“Having control over your schedule is the only way that women who want to have a career and a family can make it work.”

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