#rio

The field of quantum valence fluctuations was another older interest which became much more active during this period, partly as a consequence of my own efforts. ↗

— Philip Warren Anderson

#another #became #consequence #during #efforts

The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves. ↗

— John Dos Passos

#any #anything #find #given #into

I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#riots #streets #told #were #would

When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'm being taken seriously. I've got highfalutin' art collectors and everything! ↗

— Ron Wood

#art #being #came #collectors #everything

This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time. ↗

— Tom Ridge

#going #indefinite #period #terrorism #time

Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#arrive #critical #cynical #either #heritage

No, by God, he had no intention of going on like a blind man, plodding down a path of brainless, fruitless existence until old age or accident took him. Either he found the answer or he ditched the whole mess, life included. ↗

— Richard Matheson

#age

Take this marriage thing seriously - it has to last all the way to the divorce. ↗

— Roseanne Barr

#last #marriage #seriously #take #thing

A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind. ↗

— Robert Sheckley

#enjoy #eternal #eternally #how #life

It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take them too seriously. Lately I have them screened so I only read the positive ones. ↗

— David Zucker

#guy #i #lately #make #one thing