Brookhaven Quotes

#1. The long-lived K meson was discovered at Brookhaven.

James Cronin

#2. The voters of Brookhaven Town made a clear choice to turn away from the corruption and problems of the past, .. I will end corruption in Town Hall once and for all. I've been fighting for this all my life.

Bill Vaughan

#3. I had a very mixed kind of childhood reading. I read the childhood classics like 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'Alice in Wonderland,' 'Chums Annual.' At the same time, I read an enormous number of American comics because Shanghai was an American zone of influence.

J.G. Ballard

#4. Love, joy, and peace are deep states of Being, or rather three aspects of the state of inner connectedness with Being. As such, they have no opposite.

Eckhart Tolle

#5. When you suddenly become successful, the change is enormous, both financially and in terms of recognition and the way people treat you. I found that hard to deal with. I got very guilty about it, and I think I put up obstacles to prevent myself enjoying it.

James Nesbitt

#6. I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.

Vance Havner

#7. Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#8. As I was to learn, reproductive urges will serve as an alibi for just about anything.

Nell Zink

#9. Write him down, if he must write him down as something, as a disbeliever; he disbelieved in the Pope, in the Kremlin, in the Vietcong, in the American eagle, in astrology, Arthur Schlesinger, Eldridge Cleaver, Senator Eastland, and Eastman Kodak. Nor did he believe overmuch in his disbelief. He

John Updike

#10. I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I wanted to make good on the philosophy my mother drilled into us with all the subtlety of a Lady Gaga performance. I got it loud and clear. I would need to succeed, and then I could possibly be happy.

Karen Finerman

#11. Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people's money, other people's safety, other people's future.

P.D. James

#12. It's become more and more of a priority for me to tread as lightly as possible in the world.

Shalom Harlow