As neither of these two great research scientists was able to find the solution to the mystery, it is small wonder that none of their contemporaries were able to do so either.

The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the semi-circular canal apparatus.

Two minutes later the right arm was pointing normally and the reaction to the left appeared. The patient made no complaint at all about the experiment.

The incorrectness and weaknesses of a theory cause other minds to formulate the problems more exactly and in this way scientific progress is made.

Why would anyone pay for writing anymore when there's Facebook and why would anyone pay for music anymore when there's YouTube.

I think this goes more to the idea of 'relentless irony' than 'divine providence.

What we did, what every president since Washington has done, was provide a measured, appropriate response, in direct relation to a realistic threat assessment.

The history of all times and of today especially teaches that... women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.

If something is rubbing so hard against you, you can be sure it's working on you.

To be born into this earth is to be born into uncongenial surroundings, hence to be born into a romance.

I want to act because I don't know how to do anything else.

If I'm president, I'll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety.

Success should not necessarily be gauged by always reaching the goal set, but by progress and attainment.