#lecture

If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#beyond #heard #hopes #lecturer #public

I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain. ↗

— Gregory Peck

#axes #entertain #grind #i #just

It's easier to lecture women on sexual morality than it is to explain why all Americans shouldn't have comprehensive, fair, and equal health care coverage. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#care #comprehensive #coverage #easier #equal

And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#been #began #completely #different #einstein

CURIOSITY DEMANDS THAT WE ASK QUESTIONS, THAT WE TRY TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS MULTITUDE OF ASPECTS AS PERHAPS RESULTING FROM THE ACTION OF A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ELEMENTAL THINGS AND FORCES ACTING IN AN INFINITE VARIETY OF COMBINATIONS ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#particles #physics #science #science

So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments. ↗

— Uri Geller

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I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. ↗

— Witold Gombrowicz

#go #i #instead #lectures #more

Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress. ↗

— John Pople

#base #changing #could #easy #frequently

THE QUESTION IS, OF COURSE, IS IT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE TO AMALGAMATE EVERYTHING, AND MERELY DISCOVER THAT THIS WORLD REPRESENTS DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ONE THING? ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#physics #science #science

As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#airplane #fails #few #gets #happens