Bohren Quotes & Sayings

If the proof starts from axioms, distinguishes several cases, and takes thirteen lines in the text book ... it may give the youngsters the impression that mathematics consists in proving the most obvious things in the least obvious way. — George Polya

I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.' — Buck Leonard

Perhaps the reason memoirs are so often written by the young these days is that, once you reach a certain age, only fiction might allow you to truly make your way back to childhood. — Tom Engelhardt

The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross. — Eric Schlosser

You can swim (uncomfortably) in water at a temperature slightly above freezing; a tiny drop in temperature-or a miracle-allows you to walk on water. — Craig F. Bohren

I consider the concept of a global mean temperature to be somewhat dubious. A single number cannot adequately capture climate c hange. This number, as I see it, is aimed mostly at politicians and journalists. — Craig F. Bohren

In the eighties, we had the ladies who lunch, the power lunch - everything was power. At the beginning of the nineties, things changed. — Sirio Maccioni

The best possible thing you can get out of a relationship is that you're with someone who encourages you to be the best version of yourself every day. — Nishan

If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake. — Bill Gates

I had a non-existent knowledge of Queen Victoria's early years. Like everyone else, I thought of her as an old lady dressed in black. My mom had told me about her, though, that she had a very loving relationship with Albert, that they had lots of kids, and that he died young. — Emily Blunt

I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque. — Eddie Vedder

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict. — Peter Mandelson

What you see is kinda what you get with me. I'm a very real person, or I hope to be, anyway. I don't have nothing to hide — Kenny Chesney

Given the scale of issues like global warming and epidemic disease, we shouldn't underestimate the importance of a can-do attitude to science rather than a can't-afford-it attitude. — Martin Rees

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block. — James Rollins