Demchenko Chemistry Quotes & Sayings

When someone is searching," said Siddhartha, "then it might easily happen that the only thing his eyes still see is that what he searches for, that he is unable to find anything, to let anything enter his mind, because he always thinks of nothing but the object of his search, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed by the goal. Searching means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal. You, oh venerable one, are perhaps indeed a searcher, because, striving for your goal, there are many things you don't see, which are directly in front of your eyes. — Hermann Hesse

To eat is human, to digest, divine — Mark Twain

The problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending! — Pearl Cleage

Then, of course, after school, a gang of patriots, with the odds around seven-to-one, beat the shit out of me and make me kiss their red-white-and-blue totem. It's no better at home. Mom's an anarchopacifist, Tolstoy and all that, and she wants me to say I didn't fight back. Dad's a Wobbly and wants to be sure that I hurt some of them at least as bad as they hurt me. After they yell at me for a half hour, they yell at each other for two. — Robert Shea

I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

The longer I live, the more I feel that the individual is not so much to blame - not even the worst individuals, not even the 'best' citizens - as the system of corruption which has grown up about us, and which rewards an honest man with a mere living and a crook with all the magnificence of our magnificent modern life. — Lincoln Steffens

Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you. — Damon Galgut

Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants? — Peter Brimelow

You promise not to maim me?"
"I promise to give fair warning before I maim you. — Laurie Halse Anderson

You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes — Tim Duncan

Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive. — C.S. Lewis

The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience. — Nicolas Winding Refn

I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities. — Aaron Lazar

I always felt I wouldn't be around long. I mean, we live, we die. circle of life. But I feel life now is wasted in front of the Television and computer that we all miss the view of it. I know I was put her for a purpose and I just need to find out what it is. — Sarah Swartz