"I am only a physicist with nothing material to show for my labours. I have never even seen the ionosphere, although I have worked on the subject for thirty years. That does show how lucky people can be. If there had been no ionosphere I would not have been standing here this morning."

-- Edward Victor Appleton

#Morning Quotes #Years Quotes #People Quotes

“I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish.”
“There are nearly 1 million Americans who visit the emergency room each year because of dental pain at a cost that runs into the hundreds of millions.”
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”

Source : Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books
“An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.”
“Perhaps love is a compelling necessity imposed on man by God that has something to do with suffering”
“Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2001). “A Ned Rorem Reader”, p.26, Yale University Press
“No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it.”
“How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?”

Source : "Q&A: Trevor McDonald". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2011.

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