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“I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.”
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“Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.”
Source : Abdus Salam, C. H. Lai (1987). “Ideals and Realities: Selected Essays of Abdus Salam”, p.279, World Scientific
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“Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one of the neighborhoods, it’s as if the audience—dancing, singing to the refrains, laughing—is part of the band.”
Source : Tom Piazza (2009). “Why New Orleans Matters”, p.25, Harper Collins
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“I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.”
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“Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.”
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“In America, we no longer have an institutionalized, organized way of calling business to task - of taking them to account for what they've done - and this is especially true in the cultural realm.”
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“Any genuine teaching will result, if successful, in someone's knowing how to bring about a better condition of things than existed earlier.”
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“A good problem statement often includes what is known, what is unknown, and what is sought.”
Source : Edward Hodnett (1955). “The art of problem solving: how to improve your methods”, Harper & Brothers
