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Hermann von Helmholtz Quotes

A raised weight can produce work, but in doing so it must necessarily sink from its height, and, when it has fallen as deep as it can fall, its gravity remains as before, but it can no longer do work.

Hermann von Helmholtz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: physicist
Nationality: german
Birth: August 31, 1821 - September 8, 1894

Topics

Work Deep Doing Fall Gravity Height

I spent the summers packing toothpaste at a factory, working where my dad worked, and everyone else had gone on a gap year!

Jo Cox

Year Everyone Gone Packing Working

A hundred years ago, of course, the question that the German Composers' Co-operative asked itself sounded a lot more fundamental: How do you create a fair share for those who ensure that works can actually be performed at all?

Johannes Rau

You Create More Fair Question Years

The working class of England today have no vision of society beyond the acquisitive - no version of themselves or their habits as anything other than transitional, on their way up or on their way out. The working class, at best, is a waiting room for people who aim to become middle class if possible.

Andrew O'Hagan

Today Vision Best Waiting People

Technology can become a crutch. Sometimes it's there just to hide behind when you're shy of what you're trying to say.

Robert Lepage

Technology Trying You Hide Sometimes

There is a quiet place in Hawaii where, for over thirty years, I've gone to draw inspiration and write many of my books.

Robert H. Schuller

Hawaii Quiet Place Thirty Write

My father's father wrote for a Philadelphia newspaper and aspired to be a playwright. We had in our house a couple of crazy unproduced plays that he had written. For the one creative writing class I took in my life, I didn't do any writing - I decided that I would plagiarize his terrible play to not fail the class.

Stephen Gaghan

Life Father Creative Crazy Writing

I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is still so much to do.

Sophia Amoruso

Time Too Much Done Want Because

During a night shift, I'll work out twice during the day. If I have to work during the day, I usually have guys at the station who will work out with me. Then at night, I'll go train.

Stipe Miocic

Work Day Me Night Train Go

When 'The Pacific' came around, I had to audition the old-fashioned way. It was the casting director and then the producer and then another producer and another producer and then Spielberg and Hanks.

Joseph Mazzello

Way Director Producer Old-Fashioned

Think about it - pro wrestling as an Olympic sport would be pretty cool. Look at figure skating or gymnastics - what is it? It's a choreographed performance that is judged.

Chris Jericho

Cool Performance Think Look Skating

My life is an awkward visit from the kids table.

Chris Colfer

Life My Life Table Awkward Kids

I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to myself. I'd like that.

Christopher Walken

Myself People I Can Play Now Get