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Simon Newcomb Quotes

Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: mathematician
Nationality: canadian
Birth: March 12, 1835 - July 11, 1909

Topics

Impossible Flight Air Insignificant

I use only essential oils for perfumes.

Jessica Capshaw

Only Oils Essential Use

I am not a political person, so I cannot comment on politics.

Politics I Am Political Person Am

Our galaxy's pretty ordinary, garden-variety. So if we believe our galaxy has a super massive black hole, that tells us that most, if not all, galaxies host such a black hole at their centers.

Believe Black Galaxy Pretty Us Hole

You know where entrepreneurship in my opinion has to go? Into the inner city.

City Opinion You Go Know Where

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

Heart Anger Escape Hard Cruel Obey

The biggest mistake we made at WordPress.com in term of infrastructure was buying servers.

Mistake Infrastructure Buying Made

One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.

Jean-Francois Lyotard

Knowledge Decision Society Principal

I actually cannot stand a room without a view - I would rather have a bedroom the size of a closet with a view over a suite without one.

Stand View Bedroom Over Size Room

It's funny: There's a lot of comics on 'Breaking Bad.'

Steven Michael Quezada

Funny Bad Breaking Comics Lot

I got so used to being unstable that I started to only be comfortable being unstable.

Comfortable Used Being Started Got

It seems the more I play Jane Austen, the more poetic my writing becomes. The other day, I left a Post-it note for my husband that had the word 'ergo' on it. I gotta rein it in before I get all full out Madonnannoying.

Donna Lynne Champlin

Day Writing Husband Play More Out

I wasn't exactly uncomfortable when I did my first comedy. I was just very aware of the risks; if you do a comedy that sucks, and you suck in it, then you won't get a chance to do it again.

Donnie Wahlberg

Risks Chance Comedy Uncomfortable

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