Quotes

“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.” Benjamin Franklin

“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.” Benjamin Franklin

“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.” Benjamin Franklin

“If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some, for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.” Benjamin Franklin

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write something worth reading or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin

“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.” Benjamin Franklin

“If you would live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.” Benjamin Franklin

“If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.” Benjamin Franklin

“Love your enemies, for they shall tell you all your faults.” Benjamin Franklin

“Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones, the difference is only in the price.” Benjamin Franklin

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” Benjamin Franklin

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” Benjamin Franklin

“Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin

“You may delay, but time will not.” Benjamin Franklin

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs” Stephen King

“A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.” Marie Curie

“After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.” Marie Curie

“All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.” Marie Curie

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” Marie Curie

“I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.” Marie Curie

“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.” Marie Curie

“I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.” Marie Curie

“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.” Marie Curie

“In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.” Marie Curie

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” Marie Curie

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” Marie Curie

“One never notices what has been done. One can only see what remains to be done.” Marie Curie

“Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!” Robert Burns

“And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.” Robert Burns

“Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.” Robert Burns