George Sarton Quotes
It would be foolish to give credit to Euclid for pangeometrical conceptions; the idea of geometry deifferent from the common-sense one never occurred to his mind. Yet, when he stated the fifth postulate, he stood at the parting of the ways. His subconscious prescience is astounding. There is nothing comperable to it in the whole history of science.
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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In high school, the fastest I ever ran was like a 4.67; that's pretty fast. But then, I only weighed 168 pounds.
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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
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What do we lose without wild animal acts at the circus? Absolutely nothing, except the opportunity to be haunted and heartbroken.
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Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
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I don't mean to be funny.
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The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.
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I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.
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In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.
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The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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I throw 14 parties a week.
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That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.
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I am of tradition, but that doesn't mean I have an old outlook on life.
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Nothing speaks louder than an evocative photograph that stirs the imagination, tugs at the heart strings and engages the mind.
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I've been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but you've got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.
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Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.
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If a show is wickedly, hugely popular, like 'Mad Men,' I assume that the masses, in their infinite inferiority to me, don't know what good TV is and that everyone is just brainwashed.
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It would be foolish to give credit to Euclid for pangeometrical conceptions; the idea of geometry deifferent from the common-sense one never occurred to his mind. Yet, when he stated the fifth postulate, he stood at the parting of the ways. His subconscious prescience is astounding. There is nothing comperable to it in the whole history of science.
