Barry Barish Quotes

I always wanted to be an experimental physicist and was attracted to the idea of using continuing advances in technology to carry out fundamental science experiments that could not be done otherwise.

Barry Barish

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TechnologyScienceDoneAlwaysOut

The modern era has brought up immense conveniences but at what price. The human heart is desperate for something more than a quicker serving of popcorn.

John Eldredge

HeartPricePopcornMoreHumanUp

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework.

John Knowles

AgeTomorrowLooking BackLooking

I know I'm guilty of and I think a lot of people are guilty of sort of getting starry-eyed with love and sort of looking over the bad things and keep going and you don't really prepare for how much work marriage really is.

John Krasinski

WorkLoveMarriageKeep GoingPeople

If you're looking at my other major science fiction roles - the Doctor on 'Star Trek' and certainly Woolsey on 'Stargate' - I often play characters that might be good theorists and good thinkers, but you wouldn't call either of them very macho characters.

Robert Picardo

GoodScienceDoctorLookingYou

Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed.

Robert Gottlieb

TalentHungryHerSightsSetBallet

We have found a direct correlation between grit and positive emotions, but the fact that I have no evidence that grit is bad for you doesn't mean it's not. It's always a possibility that in the future researchers will discover a downside to grit.

Angela Duckworth

PositiveFutureGritYouBadMean

When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.

Stephen Sondheim

CharacterWritingSongTry

I would rather have not gone through any of the litigation that I've had to go through.

Sienna Miller

GoThroughGoneWouldRatherAny

I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods.

Tommy Lee

GoldWallFameMaterial ThingsNeed

For the VA to thrive as an integrated health care network, it must be agile and adaptive.

Robert Wilkie

HealthCareThriveHealth CareMust

When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little.

Miuccia Prada

LifeSadTimeFashionWake UpThink

I always thought that a prep school was what some people went to after high school to prepare themselves for college.

Lloyd Blankfein

SchoolPeopleCollegeThoughtHigh

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