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.

Ernest Rutherford

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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.

  

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

  

  Fidel Castro
  • History
  • Me
  • Matter

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

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Me
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  • Matter

• 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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  • Matter

• 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
  • You
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  • Matter

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

  

  Abraham Lincoln
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  • Matter
  • Grandfather

• 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
  • Matter
  • United States
  • Where

• 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
  • Matter
  • Place
  • Born

• 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
  • Me
  • Always
  • Matter

• 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
  • Up
  • Change
  • Matter

• Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.

  

  Oren Peli
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• Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Age
  • Feeling
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• I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Romantic
  • Theory
  • Bit

• 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
  • Time
  • World
  • English

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

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • You
  • End
  • Matter

• 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.

  

  Captain Beefheart
  • Matter
  • Stars

• You're measured by championships no matter what.

  

  Candace Parker
  • You
  • Matter
  • Championships

• When you see something that's so excellent it can be intimidating to walk into it no matter how many people you know.

  

  Clancy Brown
  • People
  • Matter
  • Excellent

• Nostalgia is the aching realization that you can't go back again. The longing, no matter how intense, can never be met.

  

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.
  • Matter
  • Realization
  • Nostalgia

• Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

  

  E. B. White
  • Life
  • You
  • Car

• Sublime tobacco! which from east to west, Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides; Magnificent in Stamboul, but less grand, Though not less loved, in Wapping or the Strand: Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe, When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe; Like other charmers wooing the caress, More dazzlingly when daring in full dress; Yet thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties Give me a cigar!

  

  Lord Byron
  • Labour
  • Tobacco
  • Opium

• 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
  • Matter
  • Theory
  • Objects