Polytechnique Quotes

#1. 'Polytechnique' changed everything in my way of working. I became an adult, really, during those five years. I didn't work on anything else but 'Polytechnique.'

Karine Vanasse

#2. Polytechnique is a school whose multidisciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.

Philippe Perrin

#3. Fascinated by history during my secondary education, then by physics and mechanics at the Ecole Polytechnique, I finally entered the national administration of mines in 1936.

Maurice Allais

#4. Samuel Beckett wrote, "Fail, fail again. Fail better.

Keith Ferrazzi

#5. Entire universes flourish in my mind. Sometimes I get lost in there.

Janey Colbourne

#6. Nothing stays the same and nothing changes. What is old today will be new tomorrow. What is new today will be forgotten tomorrow.

Harley King

#7. Struggling through young adulthood is half the fun, or so I've been told. Except we all know that's bullshit. It wasn't fun at all. It was painful, and now I just wanna go somewhere no one knows me, start the next chapter of my life fresh. But I can't.

Sara Wolf

#8. Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out.

Paul Di Filippo

#9. A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests in the Arctic.

Rick Larsen

#10. I'm an ambitious person, and Harvard makes me feel successful, just having gotten in here. That's the ugly side of why I'm proud of being at Harvard Law School. Another reason is because there's a spirit of serious intellectual endeavor here.

Scott Turow

#11. as we age, we are bound to find comfort from the notion that it takes generations for a way of life to fade.

Amor Towles

#12. My insanity begged for a distraction. (Eric)

Shannon A. Thompson

#13. I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720.

John Woolman

#14. Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.

Katherine Applegate

#15. Your definition of who you are is your prison. You can set yourself free at any time.

Cheri Huber

#16. You will be tempted to lose hope, but always remember that God is with you and if there seems to be no hope, He is your hope.

Therese May