Fact Tracker Quotes & Sayings

There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to direct themselves. — James Bryant Conant

An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything. — B.C. Forbes

How old are you Cam?" "Old as my tongue, bit older than my teeth," he says with a shrug and looks away from me. — Lesley Jones

The man who speaks with primordial images, speaks with a thousand tongues. — Carl Jung

He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly.
"You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life. — John Boyne

Sometimes when I wake up, I forget that she's gone and then I remember and my heart drops like it does when you miss a step or trip over a kerb. — Annabel Pitcher

There yet remains but one concluding tale, And then this chronicle of mine is ended Fulfilled, the duty God ordained to me, A sinner. Not without purpose did the Lord Put me to witness much for many years And educate me in the love of books. One day some indefatigable monk Will find my conscientious, unsigned work; Like me, he will light up his ikon-lamp And, shaking from the scroll the age-old dust, He will transcribe these tales in all their truth. — Alexander Pushkin