"A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory."

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Source : "Discovery: or, The spirit and service of science". Book by Sir Richard Gregory, 1st Baronet, p. 43, 1916.

Louis Agassiz

#Agony Quotes #Church Quotes #Sanctuary Quotes

“It was very difficult when I was trying to figure out how to have a marriage and babies and do this at the same time. There was no handbook. You were making it up as you went along.”

Source : "Pat Benatar and Husband Neil Giraldo: 'We Were Two Missing Pieces That Found Each Other'". Interview with Erin Hill, parade.com. July 14, 2012.
“I am proud to be an actor.”
“Some sculptors make drawings, I make heads.”
“It is a dangerous thing for the perfecting of our minds to gain applause by works that do not call forth the whole of our energies; for in that case one generally comes to a standstill.”
“For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.”
“We always get bored with those whom we bore.”
“The Iranian government prevented journalists from marching in solidarity with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre yet it organized flag-burning protests against the French embassy, that hasn't ingratiated them to a French nuclear negotiating team that is deeply cynical about the nature of the Iranian regime.”
“Hope for everything, expect nothing.”

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