Arthur Eddington Quotes
I think that science would never have achieved much progress if it had always imagined unknown obstacles hidden round every corner. At least we may peer gingerly round the corner, and perhaps we shall find there is nothing very formidable after all.
Quotes to Explore
-
Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means.
-
My fear with Trump was always that he didn't have great solutions.
-
I don't know how people recognize me.
-
I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
-
When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
-
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
-
People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
-
I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
-
I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
-
Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself.
-
Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
-
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
-
Before I came to New York, I only had a few pictures of the city in my mind. And you know 'That Girl?' Marlo Thomas jumping with her hat? I always loved that, and I wondered what that double street she crosses is. And it's Park Avenue! And that's what I can see out my window.
-
The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
-
The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
-
Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.
-
There are varieties of Spanglish. There's Spanglish spoken by Cuban Americans in Miami called cubonics is different from Mexican American Spanglish, but thanks to the Internet, thanks to radio and television, thanks to what is happening in the classrooms, in the streets in the restaurants, we are finding a middle ground.
-
I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
-
My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.
-
Discomfort is the way to go if you want to make something you feel is worthwhile.
-
There [Haiti] were also leaders like Jean-Jacques Dessalines, whose motto was, "Cut their heads off, burn their houses."
-
A lot of films come out before they're finished.
-
I've been really fortunate with touring and sales and all those things because I have such a loyal fan base.
-
I think that science would never have achieved much progress if it had always imagined unknown obstacles hidden round every corner. At least we may peer gingerly round the corner, and perhaps we shall find there is nothing very formidable after all.
