#ear

I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#any #assumption #book #celebrity #dictated

If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#derived #earthquake #energy #introduces #quantity

What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#closer #constant #course #earthquakes #emerged

This advice comes as a surprise: job searching is not joblessness; it is a job in itself and should be structured to resemble one, right down to the more regrettable features of employment, like having to follow orders--orders which are in this case self-generated. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#job-searching #joblessness #jobs #middle-class #dreams

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#crush #heart #life #will #your

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible. ↗

— Manfred von Richthofen

#did #enough #good #i #in my opinion

My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose. ↗

— Manfred von Richthofen

#cheese #collect #dear #eggs #excellency

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#baseball #change #i #i remember #ideas

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#late #player #rather #than #too

I realised that the only time I really enjoyed music was when I was in the studio writing. So even though it was a six album deal, they saw quite early on that I wasn't enjoying it as I should be. I didn't feel there was anything behind it. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#anything #behind #deal #early #enjoyed