"I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery"

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Source : Sir Henry Bessemer (1905). “Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S.: An autobiography”

Henry Bessemer

#White Quotes #Enough Quotes #Powder Quotes

“The time will come, and probably during 2009, that the only way the U.S. will be able to fund its deficits is to create money by printing it. The Treasury will have to sell bonds, and, in the absence of foreign buyers, the Fed will have to print the money to buy them. The consequence will be runaway inflation, increasing interest rates, recession, and inevitable tax increases on all Americans.”
“In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives - the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qa'ida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones.”
“They've never written a love story for me since I've been on the show and I think there's just more weight to it when two people love each other.”
“Well, of course I would choose to be the top scientist in my field.”
“Patience has never been my strong suit.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.”

Source : Derek Curtis Bok (1990). “Universities and the Future of America”, p.41
“Most agreeable are the memories of events and labours, connected with the cruise:- of companions in travel, ... of coral islands with their groves, and beautiful life, above and below the waters, ... of lofty precipices, richly draped, even the sternest fronts made to smile and be glad, as delights the gay tropics, and alive with waterfalls, gliding, leaping, or plunging, on their way down from the giddy heights, and, as they go, playing out and in amid the foliage...”
“For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.”

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