William Shockley Quotes

I was not allowed to take spherical trigonometry because I'd sprained my ankle. Because I'd sprained my ankle, I had an incomplete in gym, phys ed. And the rule was that if you had an incomplete in anything, you were not allowed to take an overload.

William Shockley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: physicist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 13, 1910 - August 12, 1989

Topics

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You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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We're all born with the capacity to be our best selves - to be who we really are. Then we hear the messages that exist in our fear-based society, and we get beaten down. Being confident means peeling away the doubt, fear, and worry and getting back to our core. Confident people have learned how to get back to their pure selves.

Jen Sincero

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The acquisition of knowledge need not be like listening to the Gregorian chant.

John J. McLaughlin

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Repentance comes from the heart.

Sonny Perdue

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If people know you'll go to any lengths for your client, they're less likely to play games with you.

Roger Ailes

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There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop.

Mira Sorvino

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One indicator of Ernest Lawrence's influence is the fact that I am the eighth member of his laboratory staff to receive the highest award that can come to a scientist - the Nobel Prize.

Luis Walter Alvarez

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It's kind of like a college degree... when you get one, no one can take it from you. When you get to say for the rest of your life that you've got a platinum album, that really means something.

Luke Bryan

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A border collie named Orson inspired me to buy a 110-acre farm with four barns and a sheep. That led to a series of books about Bedlam Farm and about dogs, rural life, lambing and herding sheep.

Jon Katz

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I left my parents' home when I was 22, I moved to New York with my ex-girlfriend. We did a film together with Raul Julia.

Demian Bichir

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I was a big fan of black gospel. As a kid, there were black groups I sang with from my teen years to my early 20s.

Cory Wells

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The best people to listen to are those who have already been successful accomplishing exactly what you are seeking to accomplish.

Brian Koslow

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