I must confess that, at that time, I had absolutely no knowledge of the slowness of the relaxation processes in the ground state, processes which take place in collisions with the wall or with the molecules of a foreign gas. Alfred Kastler absolutelycollisionconfess share on social
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein artawakencreative Change image and share on social
I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions. Alan Dundes advantagebringclass share on social
I am a writer and editor with a passion for true storytelling. To me, science matters, research matters and knowledge matters, whatever the field. Lee Gutkind editorfieldknowledge Change image and share on social
In essence, capitalist systems are a mechanism by which economies may generate growth in knowledge - with much uncertainty in the process, owing to the incompleteness of knowledge. Edmund Phelps capitalisteconomyessence Change image and share on social
It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires. Ed Markey cigarettecommonconsider Change image and share on social
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus evilgoodignorance Change image and share on social
I'm saying that there were many great naturalists before Darwin's time who were very pious people and who knew more about nature than most of us. These were great naturalists; people I would admire for their knowledge of natural science given the time. Greg Graffin admiredarwingreat share on social
In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained. James Henry Breasted adventascentattain share on social
It's a wonderful profession, and it opens lots of doors, and I think it's quite right that people can accuse actors and actresses of being dilettante, but you learn on every job, whatever it is, the process moves you on in some way, and yeah, I want to expand my knowledge of our existence, I suppose. Miranda Richardson accuseactoractress share on social