Shiung Quotes

#1. She [Chien-Shiung Wu] is a slave driver. She is the image of the militant woman so well known in Chinese literature as either empress or mother.

Emilio G. Segre

#2. Sometimes the things that happen can be changed. Sometimes they cannot. Which time is this?

Shanthi Sekaran

#3. A fast food job, for most people, should be an entry level position. If you see no path for advancement beyond that, it's time to take a real fast look at your human capital and learn a skill that will make you more money.

William J. Bernstein

#4. Abusing the prosperous in order to curry the favor of the envious, is an old game that still works better than it should.

Edgar Watson Howe

#5. Don't call me Lord Snow."
The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. "Would you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can cut you and you'll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it make it your own. Then they can't hurt you with it anymore.

George R R Martin

#6. Jonah and Catcher shared one of those manly, "It's nice to meet you, but I'm going to barely acknowledge your existence with a small nod because that's the manly thing to do" gestures.

Chloe Neill

#7. YES is the answer to the question is: Is it a good idea to have sex every day?

Chloe Thurlow

#8. I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country.

Jack Nicklaus

#9. I was a senior research scientist that changed the accepted view of the structure of the universe.
I disproved one of the then widely accepted "laws" of physics, 'the conversation of parity', by proving that identical nuclear particles do not always act alike.

Chien-Shiung Wu

#10. There is only one thing worse than coming home from the lab to a sink full of dirty dishes, and that is not going to the lab at all!

Chien-Shiung Wu

#11. I want to go home, Peeta," I say plaintively, like a small child. "You will. I promise," ...

Suzanne Collins

#12. I guess people recognize me, but I'm not a household name. Two out of every five people who come up to me know my name. The one thing I don't want is to be followed by paparazzi.

Michael Pena

#13. The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with a bulldozer coming at it in the background.

Joel Sartore

#14. Beta decay was ... like a dear old friend. There would always be a special place in my heart reserved especially for it.

Chien-Shiung Wu

#15. A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.

Marilyn Vos Savant