"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."

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Source : Scientific Autobiography, and Other Papers "Scientific Autobiography" (1948) (translation by Frank Gaynor)

Max Planck

#Death Quotes #Truth Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“The particle and the planet are subject to the same laws and what is learned of one will be known of the other.”

Source : Smithsonian Institution, James Smithson (1966). “Knowledge Among Men: Eleven Essays on Science, Culture, and Society Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of James Smithson”
“A typical 'Larry King Live' is a pastiche whose absurdism defies parody. Wearing his trademark suspenders and purple shirts, he looks as if he's strapped to the chair with vertical seat belts, unable to eject.”
“My grandfather used to say to me when I was a boy, "Getting knocked down is no big prize - it's getting up that's the real trick." I couldn't agree more.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives priviliges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. The jackasses remain. Triumphant.”

Source : "Controcorrente 1974-1986". Book by Indro Montanelli, 1987.
“Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions.”

Source : Thomas Couture (1879). “Conversations on Art Methods”
“I began my career in Los Angeles and started working fairly quickly.”
“I've always wanted to be the biggest real estate man to come down the pike.”
“I love scoring - even in training.”

Source : "Tottenham's Jermain Defoe eyes "great feeling" of being just 19th man to score 20 goals for England" by Martin Lipton, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2013.

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