Marys Conception Quotes & Sayings

Those who are unacquainted with the details of scientific investigation have no idea of the amount of labour expended in the determination of those numbers on which important calculations or inferences depend. They have no idea of the patience shown by a Berzelius in determining atomic weights; by a Regnault in determining coefficients of expansion; or by a Joule in determining the mechanical equivalent of heat. — John Tyndall

People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me compassion," but by going and seeking an object that requires compassion. — Henry Ward Beecher

Children are the most honest critics. They will say 'You're funny', but also 'You're pathetic - go away.' — Dylan Moran

When you have cancer, it's like you enter a new time zone: the Cancer Zone. Everything in the Tropic of Cancer revolves around your health or your sickness. I didn't want my whole life to revolve around cancer. Life came first; cancer came second. — Regina Brett

How do men act on a sinking ship? Do they hold each other? Do they pass around the whisky? Do they cry? — Sebastian Junger

The lives and deaths of characters in stories and poems, however tragic, help us to learn about the world and - if we are brave enough - to change it. — Nicola Morgan

I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook. — Anna Held