Max Born Quotes

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

Max Born

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: mathematician
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: December 11, 1882 - January 5, 1970

Topics

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A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The Home Guards are required to come in at once and deliver up their arms, those who fail to do so will be regarded as enemies of the Government and treated accordingly.

John Hunt Morgan

HomeGovernmentWillEnemiesFail

My breakfast is usually a wholegrain cereal or porridge, with walnuts sprinkled in it, berries, a tablespoon of honey, and chia seeds. I have coffee and a little cherry juice with seltzer. I have a seat by the window, and I look out at the view.

Amy Tan

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I do write about obsession, but I don't think I have an obsession for writing. I'm not a compulsive writer. I like to watch obsession in other people, watch the way it makes them behave.

Ruth Rendell

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I grew up in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and went to college in Washington D.C.

Mike Birbiglia

CollegeWashingtonUpMassachusetts

Discipline may be identified neither with an institution nor with an apparatus; it is a type of power, a modality for its exercise, comprising a whole set of instruments, techniques, procedures, levels of application, targets; it is a 'physics' or 'anatomy' of power, a technology.

Michel Foucault

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I went to the gym 4 days in a row in January of 2016. That's the last time I went.

Miriam Shor

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I think I've learned more about Baroque music than any other genre.

Joyce DiDonato

MusicThinkMoreGenreThanI Think

If we provide the young with a strong foundation, we can leave behind a legacy substantially greater than most are able to bequeath. As for the women, the old adage that you invest in a woman, you invest in a generation, still rings true today.

Joyce Banda

WomenTodayWomanLegacyGeneration

One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like Tom Colicchio, Bill Telepan, and Rachel Ray and food writers like Michael Pollan have gone to Congress, indeed sometimes even have testified before Congress, have lent this support to Mrs. Obama's effort to combat childhood obesity.

Jose Andres

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I didn't grow up with a lot of money, so my mom didn't have random money to buy me a car, and I didn't have money to have a car unless I worked, so I didn't get a car until I got my first job at 18.

Dominick Cruz

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Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

Colin Wilson

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