Ernest Rutherford (1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson) Quotes
I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy, you used to be a damned clever fellow.' (1911)
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I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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Man’s craving for the supernatural is as natural as our discounting of the present moment... The natural becomes trite and commonplace to us and we take refuge in an imaginary world above and beyond it.
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It is as absurd to expect members of philosophy departments to be philosophers as it is to expect members of art departments to be artists.
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With greater extensibility and programmability, bitcoin can evolve to enable transformations in how all forms of property are secured and exchanged, how voting and governance function, including spilling into the automation of commercial law, audit, and accounting.
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I love 'House' - I love 'House' so much.
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The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.
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The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.
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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy, you used to be a damned clever fellow.' (1911)
