August Krogh Quotes

The most direct evidence of the wonderful plasticity and elasticity of red corpuscles is obtained when they are watched in a current, where they can be caught against a projecting edge and bent by the pressure of the current flowing past them.

August Krogh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: danish
  • Birth: November 15, 1874 - September 13, 1949

Topics

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Sometimes, I tell my wife I have to take a car trip and collect new memories - I like to drive around at absolute random for weeks on end through the United States and parts of Canada. Or else I feel trapped, like you feel when your life is completely planned for months in advance, and you think you're not getting enough oxygen.

Jim Harrison

LifeCarMemoriesWifeRandomDrive

If there's one thing government needs desperately, it's the ability to quickly try something, pivot when necessary, and build complex systems by starting with simple systems that work and evolving from there, not the other way around.

Jennifer Pahlka

WorkSimpleGovernmentBuildWay

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.

Robert Sean Leonard

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So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Everyone knows that at the age of 11-12, children have a marked impulse to form themselves into groups and that the respect paid to the rules and regulations of their play constitutes an important feature of this social life.

Jean Piaget

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When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

Simone Weil

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It is not just shameful for a contemporary American poet to use rhymes, it is unthinkable. It seems banal to him; he fears banality worse than anything, and therefore, he uses free verse - though free verse is no guarantee against banality.

Joseph Brodsky

FreeAmericanHimAnythingPoet

In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.

Don Rickles

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I'll miss the relationships I have built with these actors. I'll miss the devotion we have to this work. Over this length of time, the tendency is to think it will never end.

Dennis Franz

WorkTimeThinkEndRelationships

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

Aurora

DemonsYouAcceptYourSimplyPart

I love being outdoors, playing beach tennis, going for runs in the sand, or doing a three-hour hike with my best girlfriend, Mieko.

AnnaLynne McCord

LoveBestBeachOutdoorsDoingSand

Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.

William Westmoreland

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