Philidelphia Quotes & Sayings

Physics, Chemistry, and Biology had been replaced by Fundamentals of Industry and Agriculture, because of Chairman Mao's instruction to "combine education with practical experience. — Ji-li Jiang

Today I'll fix the mistakes I made
yesterday and tomorrow I'll fix the
mistakes I made today — Christian O. Ortiz

You know, when I was younger I was into all kinds of art - drawing, painting, all that stuff. But I played drums, played piano forever. — Shooter Jennings

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. — Barbara Kingsolver

The Grand Duke [of Tuscany] ... after observing the Medicaean plants several times with me ... has now invited me to attach myself to him with the annual salary of one thousand florins, and with the title of Philosopher and Principal Mathematicial to His Highness; without the duties of office to perform, but with the most complete leisure; so that I can complete my Treatises ... — Galileo Galilei

On the whole, I'd rather be in Philidelphia. — W.C. Fields

Mitochondrial DNA is completely separate from a person's regular DNA. It's a bit of genetic material residing in the mitochondria of every cell in the body, and it is inherited unchanged from generation to generation, through the female line. That means all the descendants - male and female - of a particular woman will have identical mitochondrial DNA, which we call mtDNA. This kind of DNA is extremely useful in forensic work, and separate databases are kept of it. — Douglas Preston

The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else. — Ramana Maharshi

That middle ground of films used to be 70, 80, 90, 100; now it's like anything over 20 or under 140, the middle ground has become this huge area where they don't really want to be. — Eric Fellner