Shi Tao Quotes & Sayings

May every young scientist remember and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery. — Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett

You think education is something to be done when all else fails? — T.H. White

Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws. — Germaine Greer

Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything. — Wayne Kramer

In childhood our credulity serves us well. It helps us to pack, with extraordinary rapidity, our skulls full of the wisdom of our parents and our ancestors. But if we don't grow out of it in the fullness of time, our ... nature makes us a sitting target for astrologers, mediums, gurus, evangelists, and quacks. We need to replace the automatic credulity of childhood with the constructive skepticism of adult science. — Richard Dawkins

Oh, you'll what? You'll leave me? What's that supposed to be - a threat or a promise? — Richard Yates

No deals with the Tories; it's war. — Nigel Farage

When we got to the step when we'd normally start collaborating, we started having these talks about how it was not worth getting together. Getting together just didn't feel very inspired, and doing it alone did. — Hamilton Leithauser

I have a heart.", says Science."But I'm a monster", says society. — Tahereh Mafi

We started shooting, and then Jodie found out she was pregnant. Forest broke it to me - he'd gone to work and heard it on the radio! It seemed like the movie was doomed. But, like these characters, there was a disregard for all the signs along the way. — Dwight Yoakam

No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world. — Franz Kafka

I have never concealed my dual citizenship. People involved in state business should probably declare their dual citizenship if they have it. — Gennady Timchenko