"I take it that a monograph of this sort belongs to the ephemera literature of science. The studied care which is warranted in the treatment of the more slowly moving branches of science would be out of place here. Rather with the pen of a journalist we must attempt to record a momentary phase of current thought, which may at any instant change with kaleidoscopic abruptness."

-- Gilbert N. Lewis

#Moving Quotes #Science Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We can rest confident in the fact that nothing will happen to us in this world apart from the gracious will of a sovereign God. Nothing.”
“A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, so I get the mail, open it up, deal with it then. My son's homework, or what I get from his teachers, the same way. That way, it's not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.”
“Wouldn't it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped herâ€¦”
“Niko caught my hand and slapped it lightly down on the bar. â€œPistol whipping elderly women isnâ€™t precisely our mission statement, Cal.â€ I hadnâ€™t been going to pistol-whip her. Yell at her a little more, then pick her up and toss her out into the street. Some risk of a broken hip there, but that wasnâ€™t pistol-whippingâ€¦ unless she tried to come back in.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2010). “Roadkill: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.25, Penguin
“The reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil.”
“My first job was at an amusement park in Virginia. It was the worst. I loved the park but once I'd worked there all the magic was gone from it. It just turned into a place I hated and I've never been there since.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I want to express my deepest condolences at the passing of Steve Jobs, one of the founders of our industry and a true visionary. My heart goes out to his family, everyone at Apple and everyone who has been touched by his work,”

Source : "Nationwide Outpouring of Remembrance for Apple's Steve Jobs", www.foxnews.com. October 5, 2011.
“It is a human demolition derby!”

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