#si

In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me. ↗

— Burton Richter

#chemistry #convinced #entered #first #i

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#come #control #destinies #each #governed

Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary structures have a built-in safety factor for the vertical component; that is, gravity. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#built-in #component #emphasis #factor #gravity

It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian. ↗

— Manfred von Richthofen

#contains #pity #russian #single #trophies

Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space. ↗

— Sally Ride

#american woman #be the first #did #feel #first

I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#been #chance #down #either #end

The evidence that things are changing fast can be seen in the dramatic increase in the influence of blogging. We should be collecting emails as we used to collect telephone numbers and using them to better communicate our message to key voters. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#blogging #changing #collect #collecting #communicate

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed. ↗

— Don Rickles

#i #insurance #kid #laughed #life

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission. ↗

— Sally Ride

#before #couple #detailed #get #go

I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble. ↗

— Anita Roddick

#believe #big #businesses #creative #deepest