Science Quotes
Jumping from failure to failure with undiminished enthusiasm is the big secret to success.
Our deepest (and fastest) yearnings can be tempered by reason and experience
His entire presence was like gravity, impossible to forget, possible to believe in, a theory merged into a law.
It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science
Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is.
Nice dress, ” Victoria said.“Thank you, ” Perpetua said. “Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?”Victoria blinked. “Uh, what?
A wise man does not always admit to everything he knows. And sometimes an overly-credulous friend can be a source of mild amusement.”~Sherlock Holmes
Sometimes you gotta say what's in your heart... And you have to stand for what you believe. No matter what." ~'Dr. Michael C. Anders,
Watson fully comprehended the fact that occasionally it is useful for one’s adversaries to underestimate one’s abilities.”~Sherlock Holmes
Suddenly the images in the center of the room became more than images. They solidified.
Drama does not just walk into our lives. Either we create it, invite it, or associate with it.
I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or not.
Some people think that the world revolves around them but even the Sun is not the center of the Universe.
…all that goes under the name of science is not necessarily scientific, and that all that goes under the name of health-care will not necessarily care for your health.
(D)reams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they're never real. They're never real, and I hate them because they aren't.
It is good practice to never fault someone for their birth name, being that it is always of far greater importance how men speak of you, than the name by which you are addressed.
I come from a place where everyone has great power, by your standards, and they steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement ... anywhere ... ever.
Funny story. A bunch of people -- the cult -- blame the appearance of abilities on the invention of the internet.
To describe a kiss is to describe a diary entry or a pair of underwear—each is personal and private, slightly awkward. Very awkward. But necessary.
When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other lined up upon its shelves I think to myself, There is a God.
While there are memories I wish I could dispose of, sometimes my memories are the only things that keep me sane.
Her eyes flashed, hot and angry, like lightening cutting through a red sunset.
Do we exist because others perceive our existence, or is, indeed, our own affirmation enough?
... there are certain questions that must never be asked. Of anyone. Even oneself.
When you will you learn that we all have our place, our parts to play?”I scoffed, wincing as the slices on my back pulled. “When will you learn that it’s up to you if you play those parts or not?
Let your life be a song. Let music be the background of whatever human things you will do for this blazing, spinning planet, and never let go of the good, never let go of the kindness.
Why aren’t you smiling?” Cameron asks. She picks up the Astropad and stops the video.“Because this is the beginning, not the end.
She waits for his reprimand or words of disapproval.He kisses her instead. Hard. Lips demanding, fingers tightening on her chin. He consumes her with this single act.
Time keeps ticking away, unaware of the suffering each second generates. Time doesn’t care, because if it did, it would’ve reversed.
You should’ve told me, ” she repeats. “Because here’s a news flash: You might’ve wanted to shelter me, but there’s nowhere you can hide me that’ll keep me safe from what’s inside my head.
You didn’t tell Summer about it, did you?”“What?” Gage scoffs. “Yeah, telling your girlfriend the Angel of Death might visit her if some switch is flipped is normal pillow talk.
Maybe the Society was right all along. From the very beginning, that’s what they called her. A time bomb.Tick, tick, tick.
Just in case you’re wondering, ” Gage says, breaking the silence, “this alliance of ours doesn’t mean I like you.”“Feeling’s mutual.” Julian tosses him a disdainful look.
Dammit, Gage. What the hell were you thinking?”“I wasn’t, ” he shouts. “I was upset she wanted to stay, and I lost it.”Ethan scoffs. “Yeah, you did.”“I’m an idiot.”“Yeah, you are.”“Shut up.
Avery slides on his glasses and opens his eyes again. “Dammit!” he says again with more feeling. “Why does stuff like this keep happening?”“You say that as if it’s a bad thing, ” Rob says, smirking.
The night surrounds, breathes across her skin. They’re lost in the shadows of the moon.
I still have the scars from when they captured me and beat me in the middle of the street.""You don't get scars.""Emotional scars then.
You could've at least let me know you weren't dead by the way. I was actually kind of sad about that." "That's a pretty incredible sentiment, coming from you.
The day the nation voted on whether I’d live or die, I woke up with a headache.
