Klaproth Uranium Quotes & Sayings

If one were blind, one can simply focus on a feeling. — Frederick Lenz

A man of politics writes about philosophy: it could be that his "true" philosophy should be looked for rather in his writings on politics. In every personality there is one dominant and predominant activity: it is here that his thought must be looked for, in a form that is more often than not implicit and at times even in contradiction with what is professly expressed. — Antonio Gramsci

We are living now.
We shall not live long.
No one should tell us we shall live again.
This is our little while.
This is our chance. — Susan Glaspell

Come, Lord Jesus, put an end to this state of sin, sorrow, and temptation; — Matthew Henry

I was loaded with sheer ability, spelled i-n-h-e-r-i-t-a-n-c-e. — Malcolm Forbes

I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds. — Ikue Mori

The growth of the exploiters' revolution on this continent has been accompanied by the growth of the idea that work is beneath human dignity, particularly any form of hand work. We have made it our overriding ambition to escape work, and as a consequence have debased work until it is only fit to escape from. — Wendell Berry

Wherefore no name can be found for a new fossil [element] which indicates its peculiar and characteristic properties (in which position I find myself at present), I think it is best to choose such a denomination as means nothing of itself and thus can give no rise to any erroneous ideas. In consequence of this, as I did in the case of Uranium, I shall borrow the name for this metallic substance from mythology, and in particular from the Titans, the first sons of the earth. I therefore call this metallic genus TITANIUM. — Martin Heinrich Klaproth