Edward Charles Pickering Quotes & Sayings

The Shah "had traveled to Europe and had been fascinated by the march of progress he observed there. But, once back in Terhan, this fascination had not been translated into sustained Persian modernization, but rather dissipated in the Shah's intense but short-lived passion for the latest novelties. "He is continually taking up and pushing some new scheme or invention which, when the caprice has been gratified, is neglected or allowed to expire". — Charles Emmerson

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works. — Voltaire

The woman who remove a mountain begins by taking away small stone — Kevwe Eyagbe

Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have. — Michael Jordan

The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. — Alan Ashley-Pitt

The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low. — Michael Chabon

My vampire loved pleasing him, just as much as she loved teasing him. — Alaska Angelini

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert. — Rick Moody

Real wisdom does not occur here in this physical universe. Real wisdom is something that you have to move into the planes of the highest light to experience. — Frederick Lenz

It isn't depression, or anxiety, though it can sometimes appear as a symptom of these better - known conditions. Often, it emerges with cruel ferocity as a chronic disorder completely unto itself.
Its destructive impact on an individual's sense of self is implied in its very name - depersonalization. — Daphne Simeon