#pee

The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light. ↗

— Barney Oliver

#energy #factor #flight #fraction #ignored

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. ↗

— George Orwell

#indefensible #largely #our #our time #political

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. ↗

— William Osler

#given #grunt #look #nothing #say

I was never considered cool throughout my teens: a very important time to be accepted by someone, especially your peers. Yes, I had all the screaming women, but the guys hated my guts. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#considered #cool #especially #guts #guys

We must speed up the deployment of broadband in order to bring high-speed data services to homes and businesses. The spread of information technology has contributed to a steady growth in U.S. productivity. ↗

— Michael Oxley

#broadband #businesses #contributed #data #deployment

I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust's work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis. ↗

— Elaine Paige

#awareness #become #been #diagnosis #disease

I sort of look at some peers of mine and I think, 'No, you've got it all wrong!' I just want to tell them all to have babies and be happy and not get sucked into that Hollywood thing. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#be happy #get #got #happy #hollywood

Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#delays #discouraging #granting #investment #investors

U.S.A. is the speech of the people. ↗

— John Dos Passos

#speech

I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2. ↗

— Jason Patric

#incognito #made #movies #sleepers #speed