#once

I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#almost #became #conceivable #explosions #fascinated

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#aspects #bankers #cannot #concerned #culture

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#conception #create #fact #future #just

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept. ↗

— Robert Bork

#commands #concept #fashion #intellectual #law

If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success. ↗

— Max Born

#dice #differential #equations #fair #god

We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on. ↗

— Ralph Boston

#could #day #during #each #enjoy

There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#artist #choices #doctor #firemen #i

I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to camp IV. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#before #camp #climbers #concerned #could

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#happen #i #knew #once #published

I read books more than I go out. As a matter of fact, I get a little concerned about some of my anti-social habits. I will choose a night with Somerset Maugham or Russell Banks over a crowded bar any day. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#any #banks #bar #books #choose