Nigher Lake Quotes & Sayings

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession. — Queen Elizabeth II

And I didn't think you believed in god or a heaven.'
'Having been here thirty-four days,' I tell him, 'I've changed my mind, Sydney.'
'Why's that then?' he smiles.
'Well, if there's a hell like this place, then there has to be heaven somewhere. — David Peace

Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth. — Zhuangzi

A man is robbed on the Stock Exchange, just as he is killed in a war, by people whom he never sees. — Alfred Capus

When I first joined the Irvine Company, I realized that less than 11,000 acres were designated as open space in the original master plan, and that just didn't seem adequate to me. So, I began the lengthy process working with public and community organizations to add more open space. — Donald Bren

People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America. — James Inhofe

I don't make rules myself. I didn't study enough to be able to make them. I'm too stupid. I spend my whole life making movies, so I have to enjoy it. Even at times when we had a very tight and difficult schedule, it was always enjoyable. Of course I wonder if the film will be successful afterwards. It's wonderful if a film becomes successful as a result of the enjoyment that we had — Takashi Miike

Admittedly, they [(places in novels)] didn't all have such ridiculous names as the ones in the Piddle Valley where her father's group of parishes was centered. It would have been hard to make credible a romantic fiction set in Farleigh Piddle, Middle Piddle, Nether Piddle and Piddle Dummer. — Val McDermid

Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and the beautiful perfection of the mathematical reasoning involved and contrast it with the complex and far-reaching physical consequences, a deep sense of respect for the power of the symmetry laws never fails to develop. — Chen-Ning Yang

People only see what they want to see, and they only do whatever they want to do. You can make excuses for them all you like, but you'll always be making excuses for them, — Jade West

Hate is the last refuge of the ignorant. Love is the medicine. Compassion is the gift of the awakened ones. — Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Points of a journey do not matter when the journey has no destination, only an end. — Martin Amis

It's really quite an interesting dynamic. I wanted to play to the truth of who Manute was in the first film, while it's also a prequel and the originator [of the story]. It was an interesting dynamic to work with, definitely. I haven't seen the film yet, but the way it felt when I was doing it, it felt like it worked. — Dennis Haysbert

Academic staff rather enjoy coming to conclusions, but they don't like coming to decisions at all. — Noel Annan, Baron Annan