#ms

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. ↗

— Benjamin Whichcote

#full #none #themselves #those #who

It is essential for genetic material to be able to make exact copies of itself; otherwise growth would produce disorder, life could not originate, and favourable forms would not be perpetuated by natural selection. ↗

— Maurice Wilkins

#copies #could #disorder #essential #exact

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat. ↗

— Joyce Cary

#forgetting #forgiveness #genius #gulley-jimson #heart-beats

Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone. ↗

— Esther Williams

#back #became #business #had #headquarters

Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat. ↗

— George C. Williams

#crossing #descendant #digestive #each #end

Darwin based his theory on generalizations that were strictly empirical. You can go out and see that organisms do vary, that variations are inherited, and that every organism is capable of increasing its numbers in sufficiently favorable circumstances. ↗

— George C. Williams

#capable #circumstances #darwin #empirical #every

In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west. ↗

— Kit Williams

#been #chariot #could #direction #east

I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#glasses #had #i #terms #wearing

All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams is going to win. ↗

— Richard Williams

#going #happen #i #life #my life

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person. ↗

— Connie Willis

#artist #astaire #because #effortless #fred