Famous Quotes & Sayings

Max Planck

The worth of a new idea is invariably determined, not by the degree of its intuitiveness-which incidentally, is to a major extent a matter of experience and habit-but by the scope and accuracy of the individual laws to the discovery of which it eventually leads.

Max Nordau

Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of the whole community. It was only the vast fatigue which was experienced by the generation on which the multitudes of discoveries and innovations burst abruptly, imposing on it organic exigencies greatly surpassing its strength, which created favourable conditions under which these maladies could gain ground enormously, and become a danger to civilization.

Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male.

A person whose mind is unattached to sensual pleasures, who discovers the joy of the Self, and whose mind is in union with Brahman through meditation, enjoys eternal bliss.

An educated man is one who has finally discovered that there are some questions to which nobody has the answer.

A president can discover the secrets of leadership (through presidential biographies),

Any news leading to her discovery would be most helpful, so we are pleading to the public so that we can have some ideas of other places to search.

A New York guide is part of an old dream of mine. It goes back 20 years. At first there was France, then Europe, but now there's the world, and New York is the gateway. New York makes you discover other cuisines.

A New York guide is part of an old dream of mine, ... It goes back 20 years. At first there was France, then Europe, but now there's the world, and New York is the gateway. New York makes you discover other cuisines.

Tristram Stuart

As human pastoralists discovered 8,000 years ago, raising animals can be an efficient way of harnessing otherwise unusable resources such as grass.

Janis Joplin

As a matter of fact, as we discovered on the train, tomorrow never happens, man. It's all the same f***ing day, man.

Sages discovered this link of the existent to the nonexistent, having searched in the heart with wisdom.

Realize you won't master data structures until you are working on a real-world problem and discover that a hash is the solution to your performance woes.

Opportunities? They are all around us. There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

Opportunities? They are all around us... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

Often, the disconnect between the marketing hype around a new product and what the product actually does is astounding.

After you've done the numbers, and it's not rocket science to do that, you may have a gap. The earlier you know that, the better. The time to discover that is not when you're retiring.

Carolyn Porco

After what we've discovered with Cassini, if we don't get an extended mission, then there's no hope for anybody.

Then again, that's why we're exploring Jupiter and its moons -- to discover these unusual phenomena.

a disconnect between what she was saying and the plain facts of our relationship.

A disconnect between household income levels and for-sale pricing in the valley's housing market has increased rental demands.

Wolfgang Ketterle

After earning my Ph.D., I stayed at the Max-Planck Institute as a postdoc, working on laser excitation of Rydberg states of triatomic hydrogen and helium hydride. I also succeeded in analyzing all the emission spectra of helium hydride, which I had discovered during my Ph.D.

The most obvious red flag is that thing called intuition. If there is a level of discomfort on part of the person meeting with the planner they should not get involved.

Tryon Edwards

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning

Specialty retail is about discovery and excitement, but I walked into the Gap, and it didn't say anything.

William Shakespeare

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York.

John Lloyd Young

During 'Jersey Boys,' I discovered one of the most rewarding ways to use your goodwill is to motivate fans and friends into lending support to charity.

Damon Jones

Definitely, we're relieved. When we first started hearing about his discomfort we were all kind of worried. But the doctors did a great job of finding the problem and getting on top of it.

There seems to be a wide disconnect between the headline growth numbers and individual perception about the relative health of the economy.

There seems to be a disconnect between the rhetoric in Washington about what this is all about and what we hear here.

Richard Whitehead

As we worked with e-Security, we discovered that they also had the same vision and the same needs.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny'

Ian Paisley

The more the search-light is put on this, the more we discover there is a cover-up.