Birkeland Quotes

#1. Even originally well-defined pencils of cathode rays from the Sun cannot reach the Earth. For Birkeland's theories to be correct, the existance of such cathode rays is clearly presupposed to be necessary ... and this assumption is untenable.

Arthur Schuster

#2. We retaliate instead of reflect, and we burn hot in the flames of revenge rather than cool our heels in the pool of patience.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#3. Imperfection is endearing.

Richelle Mead

#4. Everything changes, I think. That is the only constant. We all grow up.

Cynthia Hand

#5. There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

Wayne Rooney

#6. It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds.

Kristian Birkeland

#7. The time, then, had come for him to poison himself so that an economic monopoly could be kept alive, a sprawling, interplan empire from which he now derived nothing.

Philip K. Dick

#8. It seems the way to find some things is to lose yourself.

George MacDonald

#9. I can smell bullshit from a mile away but it's so much harder to detect when it's around you all day.

Dane Cook

#10. It is doubtful that real personal change can occur without the conscious and painful process of self-criticism that is required to reject power and ego.

Janis Birkeland

#11. Be thankful for the sacred life.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. Privilege: the belief that because a dog has been carefully trained not to bite YOUR ass, that is has no teeth.

Arinn Dembo

#13. I want to continue working in Mexico, but I'd also like to work in other countries eventually, too. Working behind the camera is interesting for me, too.

Stephanie Sigman

#14. I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.

Tamar Braxton

#15. I think that, as with marriage, you just know when it's time to have kids.

Ashley Judd

#16. A very few lonely pioneers make their way to high places never before visited ... they create the living conditions of mankind and the majority are living on their work.

Kristian Birkeland