Charles H. Townes (Charles Hard Townes) Quotes

There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible.

Charles H. Townes

Charles H. Townes

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I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.

C. J. Box
- People
- Children
- Real
I teach my children that in life, there is no control of what tomorrow is going to bring. There really isn't. But in whatever it brings, we have choices, and I'm glad because I made more right choices than wrong, but in the wrong choices, there are lessons to be learned.

BeBe Winans
- Life
- Children
- Control
In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.

B. H. Liddell Hart
- Man
- Reality
- Lies
One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.

Dan Rather
- Important
- Roles
- Most
Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.

Ha-Joon Chang
- May
- Reality
- Professional
In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.

L. Sprague de Camp
- Writing
- Plan
- Detail