"Beauty thinks it needs no talent and can feed on itself, so it soon dies."

“It is generally agreed by philosophers of science that important contributions which have a revolutionary impact on science are often methodologically inadequate, reveal many anomalies, and may indeed be factually erroneous.”

“I look back over my career and I almost pissed it away. I got a second chance and I've made the most of my opportunity. I play every game like it's the last game of my career.”

“A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.”

Source : Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ bk. 5, ch. 7 (1880)

“Then never less alone than when alone.”

Source : 'Human Life' (1819) l. 755

“I haven't any formal schedule, but I love to write in the morning, before breakfast. Sometimes the writing goes so smoothly that I don't take a break for many hours - and consequently have breakfast at two or three in the afternoon on good days.”

“But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.”

“Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician.”

“The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher.”

Source : Harry K. Wong, Rosemary Tripi Wong, Chelonnda Seroyer (2009). “The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher”, Harry K Wong Publication