Hermann von Helmholtz Quotes

Heat can also be produced by the impact of imperfectly elastic bodies as well as by friction. This is the case, for instance, when we produce fire by striking flint against steel, or when an iron bar is worked for some time by powerful blows of the hammer.

Hermann von Helmholtz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeFireImpactPowerfulSteelBar

Every day, you have to put in the hard work.

Jinder Mahal

WorkHard WorkDayYouEvery Day

We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place.

Jerry Lewis

PeopleBetterMouthHouseBorn

I just have a relationship with my imagination. It's like my friend, almost.

Steven Wright

FriendRelationshipImaginationJust

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan

PovertyTerrorismDevelopmentCauses

I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a lot of surgery, and I spent a lot of time recovering at home and in the hospital. Watching movies took me away from my own problems and gave me a total escape.

Josh Ryan Evans

HomeCharacterTimeMeGrowing Up

Part of being a pop star is image. I'm told by many of my female fans that I was the poster on their bedroom walls. But if I only had that - the image and the beauty and the curly locks - I would have been a 'normal' pop star, one who comes and goes after one hit record.

Donovan

BeautyWallsCurlyBedroomImage

Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.

Brett Hull

TimeMeTeamHockeyPlayGo

We don't live with the community of yesteryear. And we don't enjoy the public services Europeans do. So we turn to the market. Once we do, we find that service providers raise the standards of personal life, so that we come to feel we need them to live our 'best' personal lives.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

LifeLiveCommunityServiceBest

Doing less films is sometimes intentional, but sometimes things just don't work out.

Ali Fazal

WorkDoingSometimesIntentionalOut

As a designer, I believe in the power of fashion. It has the ability to not only change how you look but also how you feel about yourself.

Tina Knowles

ChangePowerYourselfFashionLook

The great thing about 'Fargo' is that it's a more objective style of filmmaking: the camera moves in very classical ways, and the most interesting things normally are the characters.

Noah Hawley

GreatStyleInterestingCameraMore

You've got to bring your A-game when you're in the same household as a military guy.

Morena Baccarin

YouMilitarySameBringGuyGot

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