Riechmann Auction Quotes & Sayings

The present rate of progress [in X-ray crystallography] is determined, not so much by the lack of problems to investigate or the limited power of X-ray analysis, as by the restricted number of investigators who have had a training in the technique of the new science, and by the time it naturally takes for its scientific and technical importance to become widely appreciated. — William Lawrence Bragg

You fear you will fail at the very thing you were born for. And your fear torments you...instead of shunning your fear, you must let it speak and listen carefully to what it's trying to tell you. It will give you good counsel. — Jennifer Donnelly

a good recipe in the hands of a bad chef is still distasteful! A good chef must have a discriminating palate, and a good band director must have a discerning ear — Mary Ellen Cavitt

Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off. — Sarah Addison Allen

I don't want to be on the radio. I don't want to be on Mtv. — John Frusciante

I love you ... I've always loved you. I've never loved anybody else. I just married Charlie to - to try to hurt you. Oh, Ashley, I love you so much I'd walk every step of the way to Virginia just to be near you! And I'd cook for you and polish your boots and groom your horse - Ashley, say you love me! I'll live on it for the rest of my life! — Margaret Mitchell

People can make a real difference. One person at a time, one job at a time, one life at a time. — James Packer

What I like to do is come in, write the entire program and treat my staff to hot stone massages. — Jon Stewart

Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering. — Jeremy Corbyn

And so, at last, I come to the one firm conviction that I mentioned at the beginning: it is that the subject is too new for final judgments. — William Zinsser