"And as we continue to improve our understanding of the basic science on which applications increasingly depend, material benefits of this and other kinds are secured for the future."

-- Henry Taube

#Science Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Benefits Quotes

“I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.”

Source : Interview with Anthony Haden-Guest, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 23, 2008.
“Whereas before I was a young, blonde girl who would do what she was told. I know who I am as a person and I'm getting damn strong.”
“There is nothing that could be revealed about a pastor that has not already been covered by the blood of Jesus”
“Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2011). “Last Man in Tower”, p.419, Atlantic Books Ltd
“I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike.”
“A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread.”
“Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.”

Source : 'Siris' (1744) para. 368
“It has always been more difficult for a man to keep than to get; for, in the one case, fortune aids, which often assists injustice; but, in the other case, sense is required. Therefore, we often see a person deficient in cleverness rise to wealth; and then, from want of sense, roll head over heels to the bottom.”

Source : Giambattista Basile, John Edward Taylor, George Cruikshank (1850). “The Pentamerone, Or the Story of Stories Fun for the Little Ones Translated from the Neapolitan by John Edward Taylor”, p.338

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