#thou

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#assessment #criterion #insist #instead #largely

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#increasingly #protect #responsibility #science #scientists

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#age #cannot #character #construct #cosmic

I was very much on the mathematical side, where you probably do your best work before you're forty-five. Having passed that significant date, I thought I would do something else. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#best #best work #date #do your best #else

I love zombie films like Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' - I thought it was so brilliantly done and so grounded in reality. I was definitely thrust into the zombie world watching that film. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

#brilliantly #danny #days #definitely #done

Friends are readily disappointed by the size of my closet. And I thought it was big! ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#closet #disappointed #friends #i #readily

If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#only #people #something #them #thought

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star. ↗

— Francis Thompson

#canst #each #far #flower #immortal

The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#companions #exception #greatest #himself #home

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. ↗

— Colin Powell

#first #help #people #problem #solve