Rumford Quotes & Sayings

I hope that in due time the chemists will justify their proceedings by some large generalisations deduced from the infinity of results which they have collected. For me I am left hopelessly behind and I will acknowledge to you that through my bad memory organic chemistry is to me a sealed book. Some of those here, Hofmann for instance, consider all this however as scaffolding, which will disappear when the structure is built. I hope the structure will be worthy of the labour. I should expect a better and a quicker result from the study of the powers of matter, but then I have a predilection that way and am probably prejudiced in judgment. — Michael Faraday

Writing a long sentence is like watching a soccer player in slow motion as he kicks the ball across the field, as I leave a trail of dots and loops behind me. — James Rumford

You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing. — Jamie Campbell Bower

God opposes the proud. The way you get up front is do really good work in the back. Humility is a by product of spending time with Jesus - it is not a reflection of yourself — Bradley Cooper

The universe is like a giant bank vault lock, where the tumblers are constantly moving and once in a while the tumblers line up and you have to listen for the click. So you must be prepared in that moment to step through the door. — James Cameron

Andras was looking for a cure, — Sarah J. Maas

They embraced and parted. They never saw each other again. — Christopher Buckley

Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs. — Marian McPartland

Don't obey if your heart tells you the order is wrong. — Roselyne Bosch

The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also had my film idols. — Hugh Hefner

It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes, but now I was awake. — C.S. Lewis

[I find it] impossible [to imagine] that a nation which is grounded in Judaeo-Christian principles would somehow select someone [for President] who would repudiate those principles. — John McCain

If you die on me, Winston Lane, I shall kill you."
His lips tilted. "Don't worry, sweeting. I live to thwart you. — Kristen Callihan

I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th. — Bonnie Raitt

Sure," he said, "I can see the whole roller coaster you're on. And sure - I could give you a piece of paper that would tell you about every dip and turn, warn you about every bogeyman that was going to pop out at you in the tunnels. But that wouldn't help you any." "I don't see why not," said Beatrice. "Because you'd still have to take the roller-coaster ride," said Rumford. "I didn't design the roller coaster, I don't own it, and I don't say who rides and who doesn't. I just know what it's shaped like. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

When the night turns into morning
I want during the day, tell my story when evening twilight passed — Yorris Ys