Nikola Tesla Quotes
Up to that time I never realized that I possessed any particular gift of discovery, but Lord Rayleigh, whom I always considered as an ideal man of science, had said so and if that was the case, I felt that I should concentrate on some big idea.
Nikola Tesla
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When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.
Usher
I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
Fernando Botero
If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
Jackie Kennedy
My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films.
Jackie Chan
The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.
Malcolm Gladwell
Every serious nuclear accident involves operator error, so you want to eliminate the operator altogether.
Nathan Myhrvold
Our policy is not built on envy or hatred, but on liberty for the individual man or woman.
Margaret Thatcher
I think part of the process of putting out a record is always looking back because, by the time a song comes out, it's been a year since you wrote it.
Frankie Cosmos
'Losing My Edge' was an anthem for the aging music nerd, with lyrics detailing a comically epic list of historical dates, bands and attended gigs: the anti-hipster's defence against 'the art-school Brooklynites in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered Eighties.'
Katie Kitamura
At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best experience in Venice, both with the audience and the jury.
James Gray
Panned or not, 'Dune' is a real part of science-fiction filmmaking.
Fred Armisen
I come out of an academic background, and I'm aware that what I'm doing is simultaneously research and fiction. I want to meet both those obligations.
Emma Donoghue