#attributed

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it. ↗

— Marie Curie

#attributed #been #essentially #historical #international

The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#causes #colony #condition #enterprise #farmers

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. ↗

— Anthony G. Oettinger

#misattributed-to-groucho-marx #time #humor

Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding. ↗

— Sheng Wang

#humor #misattributed-betty-white #humor

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#be-yourself #honesty #inspirational #unsourced #unverifiable

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. ↗

— Bil Keane

#inspirational #misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt #past #present #widely-misattributed

Do one thing every day that scares you. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#fear #inspiration #inspirational

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#children #fairy-tales #intelligence

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#attributed-to-einstein-no-source #life

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#best #life #love #mistakes #out-of-control