Ernest Rutherford (1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson) Quotes
We are rather like children, who must take a watch to pieces to see how it works.
Ernest Rutherford
Quotes to Explore
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
V. S. Naipaul
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Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.
Malorie Blackman
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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
Yoko Ono
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
Barack Obama
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Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.
Patricia Richardson
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My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.
Columba Bush
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Any one man, woman, or child can be what they want to be;
but be the right thing.
Burning Spear
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I think having children in general is always very helpful for acting.
Josh Hamilton
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Movies, to a large extent, stand or fall on the strength of their scripts. But a documentary is a collection of found objects: fragments you've collected, accidents of interview and happenstance, pieces of stock footage that surface in the course of six to nine months of research and production.
David Fanning
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I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.
Dolly Parton
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We are rather like children, who must take a watch to pieces to see how it works.
Ernest Rutherford