Lussac Quotes & Sayings

Habit in most cases hardens and encrusts by taking away the keener edge of our sensations: but does it not in others quicken and refine, by giving a mechanical facility and by engrafting an acquired sense? — William Hazlitt

Gay-Lussac was quick, lively, ingenious and profound, with great activity of mind and great facility of manipulation. I should place him at the head of all the living chemists in France. — Humphry Davy

Compounds of gaseous substances with each other are always formed in very simple ratios, so that representing one of the terms by unity, the other is 1, 2, or at most 3 ... The apparent contraction of volume suffered by gas on combination is also very simply related to the volume of one of them. — Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

We all teach ... the chemistry of Lavoisier and Gay-Lussac. — Marcellin Berthelot

I went looking for dresses and realized there was a niche I could fill in the wedding dress market. — Monique Lhuillier

Having both a pet and a book ... absolute heaven. — Mark Rubinstein

In the natural sciences, and particularly in chemistry, generalities must come after the detailed knowledge of each fact and not before it. — Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

Maybe just being open to things being connected made us see more. Now I shudder whenever I find that sort of connectedness creeping into my life. — Mark Vonnegut

At Arcueil ... I dined in distinguished company ... There was a lot of very interesting discussion. It is these gatherings which are the joy of life. — Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

I do believe we should push each other to write better songs and make better music. We do ourselves a disservice if we sit back and float along the river instead of trying to paddle and guide ourselves to a more creative place. — Bonnie Baker

I have the impression that every time I'm heartbroken, I leave a bit of myself behind. I am the believer. I go back and do the same mistakes over and over again and sign them proudly. — Xavier Dolan

Everyday I walked on to the field I was the best center. — Jim Otto

If one were not animated with the desire to discover laws, they would escape the most enlightened attention. — Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political purposes on officers or subordinates should be allowed. — Rutherford B. Hayes

What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere, if you're not in a hurry. — Paul Theroux

We are perhaps not far removed from the time when we shall be able to submit the bulk of chemical phenomena to calculation. — Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac