#dl

One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#building #discovery #effective #great #had

I can hardly find the words to describe the peace I felt when I was acting. My dysfunctional self could actually plug in to another self, not my own, and it felt so good. ↗

— Thandie Newton

#actually #another #could #describe #dysfunctional

Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands to not only increase the United States' oil reserves by nearly 50 percent, but it will create thousands of good U.S. jobs. ↗

— Bob Ney

#arctic national wildlife refuge #create #good #increase #jobs

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#because #begin #break #deadly #down

There is this notion that the lives of the comfortable-off middle class don't merit being treated seriously and with compassion. ↗

— William Nicholson

#class #compassion #lives #merit #middle

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#convinced #difficult #golfer #handle #hard

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#because #fear #fearless #good #handle

An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle. ↗

— Theophrastus

#horse #judgment #orator #without

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us. ↗

— Arthur C. Nielsen

#business #cost #job #only #permitting

I trained with the FBI in Portland and I also had many conversations with female FBI agents in Los Angeles, as well. That was again something that also came in very handy for Basic, because I'd learned already how to handle a gun and how to behave just physically when you're in a situation, a threat. That was very good to know. ↗

— Connie Nielsen

#agents #already #also #angeles #basic