"If the question were, "What ought to be the next objective in science?" my answer would be the teaching of science to the young, so that when the whole population grew up there would be a far more general background of common sense, based on a knowledge of the real meaning of the scientific method of discovering truth."

-- Elihu Thomson

#Real Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Knowledge Quotes

“I would love to do Evita or Elphaba in Wicked. But I am more excited to originate a role on Broadway.”
“If I cannot smoke in heaven, then I shall not go.”
“Hatched in the same nest.”
“**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process; it comes form some cocktail of happenstance, desire, curiosity, ambition and need. But at the end of the day, there has to be a degree of foresight -- a sense of where new riches lie. So radical innovation is always one part fortuity and one part clearheaded vision. [first-line bold by author] [2002] p.23”
“Itâ€™s hard not to jump out instead of waiting to be found. Itâ€™s hard to be alone so long and then hear someone come around. Itâ€™s like some form of skinâ€™s developed in the air that, rather than have torn, you tear. "Hide and Seek”
“Certain things we cannot accomplish... by any process of government. We cannot legislate intelligence. We cannot legislate morality. No, and we cannot legislate loyalty, for loyalty is a kind of morality.”
“Let us trust in Him who has placed this burden upon us. What we ourselves cannot bear let us bear with the help of Christ. For He is all-powerful, and He tells us: 'My yoke is easy, and my burden light.'”
“I feel very sorry for women who continue to purchase real fur coats. They are lacking in a woman's most important requisites, heart and sensitivity.”

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