Filiament Quotes & Sayings

You cannot be surprised at anything men do, they're such brutes. — Marcel Proust

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said.
"I have. But not an interrupting one. — John Flanagan

There is no "mid" about it. Life is a crisis from the cradle to the grave. — Graham Joyce

The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids. — Etgar Keret

Knowledge is sweeter found than given — Rebecca Taylor

You get around people who see us away from the track, and it's a pretty big contrast. You're still competitive, and you still want to win everything, but I think in the car, we're focused and passionate all the time. We get outside the car, and we're a lot more relaxed and easygoing, enjoying things away from racing. — Tony Stewart

When oxygen and sulphur dioxide are mixed in the presence of a filiament of platinum, they form sulphurous acid. This combination takes place only if the platinum is present; nevertheless the newly formed acid contains no trace of platinum, and the platinum itself is apparently unaffected: has remained inert, neutral, and unchanged. The mind of the poet is the shred of platinum. — T. S. Eliot