#gone

Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view. ↗

— Max Planck

#any #been #discovery #gone #knowledge

I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took revenge on the Hutus, there is a sense of being swept up and a sense that the society in which they live has gone mad. ↗

— John Pomfret

#among #being #bosnia #certain #certain extent

They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here. ↗

— Henry Vaughan

#gone #here #i #into #light

Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#cats #flew #florida #gone #home

Over the last 15 years or so, Manchester has undergone huge transformation - from a city in decline and on its knees to one that is growing, vibrant and confident. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#confident #decline #growing #huge #knees

My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is here today, gone later today. ↗

— Steve Vai

#balance #calling #else #everything #express

I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. ↗

— Alain Prost

#difficult #difficult things #done #ever #first

The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too? ↗

— Richard Pryor

#another #dead #earth #even #go

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#before #gone #hypocrisy #lot #more

I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I wondered if I would sense any change in them. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#away #change #considerable #fighting #friends