"Like taxes, radioactivity has long been with us and in increasing amounts; it is not to be hated and feared, but accepted and controlled. Radiation is dangerous, let there be no mistake about that-but the modern world abounds in dangerous substances and situations too numerous to mention. ... Consider radiation as something to be treated with respect, avoided when practicable, and accepted when inevitable."

-- Ralph Lapp

#Mistake Quotes #Hate Quotes #Long Quotes

“Love, smoke and a cough cannot long be hid!”

Source : Olive Schreiner (1924). “The letters of Olive Schreiner, 1876-1920”, Hyperion Pr
“But I started it when I was going through a transitional time in my life. At the end of it, it really sort of symbolized it. I had made room to change, and room to grow. I recorded it in a little room.”
“You can only give things up once they start to let you down.”

Source : Edward St Aubyn (2014). “The Patrick Melrose Novels: Picador Classic”, p.285, Pan Macmillan
“One of the signs (you) displayed (said): QUESTION AUTHORITY. Comments or slogans of this nature cannot and will not be condoned.”
“I only weigh 98 pounds. The rest of this is liver.”
“If an architect's ego is very small, he is done for it; if it is vast then he might make some very important contributions.”
“Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995”
“My talents are in demand, and my unique gifts are appreciated by those around me.”

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