#h

Since then, I have worked with the group that commissioned and improved the ring and that is now preparing the construction of a second ring to increase the p stacking rate by an order of magnitude. ↗

— Simon van der Meer

#construction #group #i #improved #increase

Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education. ↗

— Simon van der Meer

#astonishing #children #conditions #education #fact

An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides. ↗

— Edwin Meese

#expert #gives #home #implementing #miles

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#basketball #football #football player #i #inflict

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#curse #get #idealism #into #materialism

The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing. ↗

— Edwin Meese

#appeal #astonishing #could #decision #everyone

You had better have one King than five hundred. ↗

— Charles II

#five #had #hundred #king #than

That's called a microphone. It's a big sausage that picks up everything you say - and you're starting early. ↗

— Prince Charles

#called #early #everything #microphone #picks

The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#because #become #everything #expect #friends

I've never fallen in love right off the bat. I get scared to say I love you too soon because it means so much. It means you're not seeing an end to things. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#because #end #fallen #get #i