Cecilia Payne Quotes

#1. Why was I mad? Because he'd surprised me with a really nice hotel room. What a bastard.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#2. I have always enjoyed explaining physics. In fact it's more than just enjoyment: I need to explain physics.

Leonard Susskind

#3. Even if you achieve your outer purpose, it will never satisfy you if you haven't found your inner purpose, which is awakening, being present, being in alignment with life. True power comes out of the presence; it is the presence.

Eckhart Tolle

#4. You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why it is forbidden under penalty of death.

Anne Rice

#5. I was to blame for not having pressed my point. I had given in to Authority when I believed I was right. That is another example of How Not To Do Research. I note it here as a warning to the young. If you are sure of your facts, you should defend your position.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

#6. What is it that drives us outward to the stars above and to the shores below? Is it the security of knowing what's there? Or is it the adventure of finding it?

Chris Hogan

#7. Maybe they just didn't have anywhere they needed to go.

Julianna Baggott

#8. In an emergency, save the scientists.

Jeff VanderMeer

#9. There is nothing personal in the thunderclap of understanding. The lightning that releases it comes from outside oneself.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

#10. The royals - all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles - have done outstanding work with the faith communities.

Jonathan Sacks

#11. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

Dieter Rams