#mo

Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts. ↗

— Willard Libby

#certain #certain degree #degree #efforts #group

True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person. ↗

— Willard Libby

#general #ideas #individual #initial #more

All the products of one period have something in common; the artists who illustrate the poetry of their generation are the same artists who are employed by the big financial houses. And nothing reminds me so much of the monthly parts of Notre-Dame de Paris, and of various books by Gérard de Nerval, that used to hang outside the grocer's door at Combray, than does, in its rectangular and flowery border, supported by recumbent river-gods, a 'personal share' in the Water Company. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#commerce #memory #art

On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%. ↗

— Cory Lidle

#behind #coin #days #flip #going

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#been #democracy #election #exactly #history

A city with one newspaper, or with a morning and an evening paper under one ownership, is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#evening #eye #glass #like #man

I really hated school and so I just wanted to stay home and watch 'I Love Lucy' and watch the movies that inspired me to the point where we are sitting here. ↗

— Justin Long

#here #home #i #i love #i love lucy

When you don't hold your pipe with the proper poise, smoking is very hazardous for your image. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #self-image #smoking #funny

It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me. ↗

— Judith Light

#demands #frustrates #i #i see #me

But I think the credit has to go to Geddy... he spent a lot of time in the studio with Paul, I think he needed that kind of focus to be in there to be a part of the whole thing, and for the most part he made all the major decisions. ↗

— Alex Lifeson

#decisions #focus #go #i #i think