Ernest Rutherford (1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson) Quotes

The great object is to find the theory of the matter of X-rays before anyone else, for nearly every professor in Europe is now on the warpath.

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• We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel.

  

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• Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.

  

  Fidel Castro
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• Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
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• Cyber terrorists are no different from other terrorists: No matter where they hide, we will track them down and seek to bring them to the United States to face justice.

  

  Dana Boente
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• It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do.

  

  Gary Numan
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• You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
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• I'm interested in seeking projects no matter where, no matter if it is in the United States, whether in Chile, whether in Venezuela.

  

  Kate del Castillo
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• I love Memphis, I guess you could say, in the way that you love a brother even if he does sometimes puzzle and sadden and frustrate you. Say what you want about it, it's an authentic place. I was born and raised in Memphis, and no matter where I go, Memphis belongs to me, and I to it.

  

  Hampton Sides
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• Since I'm on a tour bus, sometimes it's really hard for me to wash my face, so I always make sure I have those Neutrogena Make-up Remover Cleansing Towelettes. No matter what and no matter how long the days are, I always have to wash with those before bed and when I wake up.

  

  Bebe Rexha
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• Maybe climate change is a threat, and maybe climate change has been tarted up by climatologists trolling for research grant cash. It doesn't matter.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

  

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• I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!

  

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• It's only a matter of time before the English clubs become a lot more competitive in Europe, if not dominant, because our league is, by far, the richest league in the world.

  

  Gary Lineker
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• In the end it doesn't matter what you do.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
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• For the future, I would suggest avoiding subjects of too vast a scale. It would be useful to make out a list of fundamental questions on the matter to be dealt with, and discuss only those.

  

  Karl Lehmann
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• The stars are matter, we're matter, but it doesn't matter.

  

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• You're measured by championships no matter what.

  

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• In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.

  

  Gary Hamel
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• Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

  

  Edsger Dijkstra
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• But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.

  

  William Shakespeare
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• New York has magnificent eating available, both in restaurants and in the materials available to home cooks in the many specialty markets.

  

  Steve Albini Big Black
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• I have equal contempt for both left and right radicals.

  

  Alexander Lebed
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• The great object is to find the theory of the matter of X-rays before anyone else, for nearly every professor in Europe is now on the warpath.

  

  Ernest Rutherford
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