Begriffsklaerung Quotes & Sayings

I have been so electrically occupied of late that I feel as if hungry for a little chemistry: but then the conviction crosses my mind that these things hang together under one law & that the more haste we make onwards each in his own path the sooner we shall arrive, and meet each other, at that state of knowledge of natural causes from which all varieties of effects may be understood & enjoyed. — Michael Faraday

I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been: "It was God's will that I should." And to you moderns, who perhaps do not believe as I do, I will say, "In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny. — Emmuska Orczy

was extraordinarily unhandsome, as though God had created the ugliest human being possible and then punched him in the face. — John Connolly

I love the pleasure of finding the same truth in two different places. It has a lot to do with a soul. — Eyvind Kang

This, I remember thinking, is the end. Nothing had ever ended before. — Lena Dunham

There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that therefore whoever desires to be well received in female assemblies, must qualify himself by a total rejection of all that is serious, rational, or important; must consider argument or criticism as perpetually interdicted; and devote all his attention to trifles, and all his eloquence to compliment. — Samuel Johnson

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press. — Mike Pence

Why not work with your friends? It's working with people you know, and you share the same sensibility. — Will Ferrell

Those who stop dreaming are lost. — Australian Aboriginal

When I train, I erase all the limits and expectations of what I can do. I am powerful and anything is possible. — Camille

The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship. — Peter Coyote