..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.

A molecular manufacturing technology will let us build molecular surgical tools, and those tools will, for the first time, let us directly address the problems at the very root level.

Ralph Merkle

I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us to discover the world for ourselves.

Ahmet Zappa

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

Publilius Syrus

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

George Bernard Shaw

I want my life to effect the balance to the positive.

Mira Sorvino

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.

Imre Lakatos

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.

Walter Benjamin

Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.

Augustine of Hippo

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

Plautus

We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water.

George Saunders

Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches.

Sir Winston Churchill, to his so

Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

Suzanne Collins