#oratory

The gastric laboratory uses its protein ferment under an acid reaction. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

#ferment #gastric #laboratory #protein #reaction

Vietnam was as much a laboratory experiment as a war. ↗

— John Pilger

#laboratory #much #vietnam #war

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory. ↗

— Emily Post

#believe #conversation #eloquent #exchange #exhibition

In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the old Indian orators acquired the habit of carefully arranging their thoughts. They listened to the warbling of birds and noted the grandeur and the beauties of the forest. The majestic clouds—which appear like mountains of granite floating in the air—the golden tints of a summer evening sky, and the changes of nature, possessed a mysterious significance. All of this combined to furnish ample matter for reflection to the contemplating youth. ↗

— Francis Assikinack

#native-american-wisdom #nature #oratory #silence #wisdom

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#freedom

So someday in the near future hopefully rather than having a foot or a leg amputated we'll just give you an injection of the cells and restore the blood flow. We've also created entire tubes of red blood cells from scratch in the laboratory. So there are a lot of exciting things in the pipeline. ↗

— Robert Lanza

#amputated #blood #cells #created #entire

From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits. ↗

— Ernest Lawrence

#beginning #being #center #completely #devoted

In the Radiation Laboratory we count it a privilege to do everything we can to assist our medical colleagues in the application of these new tools to the problems of human suffering. ↗

— Ernest Lawrence

#assist #colleagues #count #everything #human

It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day: either provoke it, or look around in the wildest laboratory in the world, the public. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#another #around #day #either #get

I was in an industrial laboratory because academia found me unsuitable. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#because #found #i #industrial #laboratory