#pond

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#difficulty #discoveries #established #great #greatest

The most common and most important result of them is that the nature and size of the effect on corresponding series of different elements are largely an expression of the peculiarity of their atomic structure - or, at least, of the structure of the surface. ↗

— Johannes Stark

#common #corresponding #different #different elements #effect

I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization. ↗

— J. G. Stedman

#am #amongst #best #case #civilization

So I am happy to have fans, especially if it enables me to keep working. And I am really grateful when people respond to my work. ↗

— Julia Stiles

#enables #especially #fans #grateful #happy

We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#ago #american #band #country #distinctly

What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#applause #does #dress #give #i

Most of my supporters are people who actually know me. I just continue to do the best I can and I don't bother to try and respond to every little bit because the best response is just to keep on doing what you think is right. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#because #best #bit #bother #continue

My son is old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about. ↗

— Tara Strong

#enough #me #old #old enough #respond

I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it. ↗

— Anna Sui

#i #i think #know #our time #place

Wars tend to be very public things, they are visible. There are correspondents traveling with the troops and you get daily dispatches. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#daily #get #public #tend #things