George Wald Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.
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The turning point really is just knowing you're an imbecile.
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Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
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If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I cannot tell if I would have done any creative work of importance in music, but I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin.
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There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.
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Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
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Through all of youth I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for
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I keep hearing tree talk water words and i keep knowing what they mean.
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Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know." "I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good.
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I quickly said that, because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek' and also just being a fan, I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.
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The sure way of knowing nothing about life is to try to make oneself useful.
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The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.
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So as long as you can forget your body you are happy and the moment you begin to be aware of your body, you are wretched. So if civilization is any good, it has to help us forget our bodies, and then time passes happily without our knowing it. Help us get rid of our bodies altogether.
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I think it's just having the support of our parents. Knowing that they're going to keep you on the right path and guide you.
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For knowing is spoken of in three ways: it may be either universal knowledge or knowledge proper to the matter in hand or actualising such knowledge; consequently three kinds of error also are possible.
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Enjoying living was learning to get your money's worth and knowing when you had it.
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Rereading places you at the point where it has to go on, knowing it is as good as you can get it up to there. There is always juice somewhere.
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No man's nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do what is best.
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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
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Our minds are finite and far from noble. Knowing their limits can help us to become better reasoners.
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The difficulties of not knowing are always much greater than the effort of learning.
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Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don't have to do all the work, only my share.
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As a challenger, I need and want to fight some people because that would give me the opportunity to get to the title shot.
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A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.
