#ife

It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family. ↗

— George Porter

#also #collaborators #family #happiness #home

Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me. ↗

— George Porter

#been #before #debt #encouragement #great

When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers. ↗

— George Porter

#coffee #given #happiness #honour #indeed

Δίκιο έχουν οι σκεπτικιστές όταν υποστηρίζουν ότι η ιστορία της ανθρωπότητας είναι μια ατέρμονη διαδοχή χαμένων ευκαιριών. ↗

— José Saramago

#life

The United States Jewish population has made many vital contributions in all areas of our society in such ways as helping to develop the cultural, scientific, political and economic life of our country. ↗

— Jon Porter

#contributions #country #cultural #develop #economic

There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#because #better #better ways #born #doing

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism was supposed to give and quite often did not. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

#did #dissipation #face #gave #give

To be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees. ↗

— Munshi Premchand

#education #life #literacy #need #successful

Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#access #achieve #american #american dream #broadband

One's life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#life #makes #may #new #new york