"Neue Phaenomena zu erklären, dieses macht meine Sorgen aus, und wie froh ist der Forscher, wenn er das so fleissig Gesuche findet, eine Ergötzung wobei das Herz lacht."

-- Carl Wilhelm Scheele

#Science Quotes #Ergs Quotes

“A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing.”
“XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files”
“For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex.”
“What reaches an audience is honesty. If you're saying something truthful that's supposed to be a funny line, it's going to be funny. And if it's supposed to be a serious line, it's going to be serious. But, I don't think there's a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it's based in the truth.”
“The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war.”

Source : "Today" with John Humphrys, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2004.
“ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .”
“Tenderness and respect-never selfishness-must be the guiding principles in the intimate relationship between husband and wife”
“There are times in a person's life when he or she must make a choice to believe. I choose to believe the sun will rise tomorrow. I also choose to believe that if you go to bed hungry you will wake up ready to eat. I've met a group of men in a faraway country who choose to believe that if you stand on a tree stump for an hour you will gain sympathy for trees. I am already quite sympathetic to trees, so I choose to think they are bonkers.”

Source : Obert Skye (2009). “The Wrath of Ezra”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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