Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. -- 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.
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Farewell, my children; remain always in the fear of the Lord. That temptation and tribulation which is to come is read more
Farewell, my children; remain always in the fear of the Lord. That temptation and tribulation which is to come is now at hand and happy shall they who persevere in the good they have begun. I hasten to go to our Lord, to whose grace I recommend you.
To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?.
To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Thomas Jefferson still survives.
Thomas Jefferson still survives.
Good people are always so sure they're right.
Good people are always so sure they're right.
They tried to get me - I got them first!
(suicide by drinking Lysol).
They tried to get me - I got them first!
(suicide by drinking Lysol).
Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense.
What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense.
If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said read more
If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this. -- Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M Post-It Notepads.
