Charles H. Townes Quotes

In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is rewarding, but it's a pity if it keeps you from doing the work you are good at.

Charles H. Townes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: physicist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 28, 1915 - January 27, 2015

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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

John Burroughs

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There is not an example on record of any free state holding a province of the same extent and population without disastrous consequences. The nations conquered and held as a province have, in time, retaliated by destroying the liberty of their conquerors through the corrupting effect of extended patronage and irresponsible power.

John C. Calhoun

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I've never seen any ghost, but I definitely believe that there's some sort of something spiritual out there. I mean, there has to be.

Amanda Crew

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I love Monet X Change.

Trixie Mattel

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I'm aware of the rift in the locker room. That's just alpha males and supreme athletes trying to share the spotlight.

Josh Gordon

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'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will learn to sing in church. It's one of those really, really special songs.

Brandi Carlile

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Everything yields to diligence.

Antiphanes

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The secret to humor is surprise.

Aristotle

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There is no humiliation more abusive than hunger.

Pranab Mukherjee

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We are not the technology. It should be our - you know, our slave, the technology. But it's rapidly becoming our master in many areas, I think.

Prince Charles

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Private enterprise cannot rebuild the nation's infrastructure or keep our research institutions vibrant. Government must do what only it can do.

Richard Cohen

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Presumably what happened to Jesus was what happens to all of us when we die. We decompose. Accounts of Jesus's resurrection and ascension are about as well-documented as Jack and the Beanstalk.

Richard Dawkins

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