Dabbledraws Quotes & Sayings

The fine-structure constant derives its name from its origin. It first appeared in Sommerfeld's work to explain the fine details of the hydrogen spectrum. ... Since Sommerfeld expressed the energy states of the hydrogen atom in terms of the constant [alpha], it came to be called the fine-structure constant. — John S. Rigden

Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you. — Rick Perry

The stretch of years leaves none unmarked: the blissful sense of youthful invincibility peels away and responsibility brings its weight to bear. — Kate Morton

The reign of God is his reign over all things. — Lesslie Newbigin

And she [Margaret Thatcher] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting quite quietly and making a point in a way that you don't really know that this point is going to be made through several examples, and there will be not be a break in the speaking voice at any point. — Meryl Streep

I sincerely believe that Indians have the ability to compete with the best in the world. — Dhirubhai Ambani

But of course he knew, all of them knew. There is only one kind of a person a wizard can marry, and that is a witch. — Eva Ibbotson

Daydream is the only good thing in life. Everything else is vulgar and empty. — Joris-Karl Huysmans

For me it is a matter of pride that I have been born in the age in the which Tendulkar is playing — Sania Mirza

How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity. — Augustine Of Hippo

A sexual athlete is not likely to find sufficient energy for work of another athletic kind, and the acting of great parts most definitely was and always will be athletic, depending on inner if not on visible energy. Members of other professions that depend on the expenditure of physical energy must, I believe, find similar difficulties when attempting to double up on their energies. One has often heard that the most magnificent specimens of boxers, wrestlers and champions in almost every branch of athletic sport prove to be disappointing upon the removal of that revered jockstrap. — Laurence Olivier

One of the most remarkable facts of this age is the negligible direct personal power which scientists have in the control of the world's affairs. The marvelous means they so successfully produce are always used by non-scientists against whom the scientists themselves seem to be powerless and even purposeless. What clever sheep they are. — Nanamoli Thera

I had heard that madmen have unnatural strength. And as I knew I was a madman, at times anyhow, I resolved to use my power. — Bram Stoker