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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I have tried so hard to do right.
I have tried so hard to do right.
The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? read more
The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? -- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
A-four and a-three and a-two and a-one...
A-four and a-three and a-two and a-one...
I shall look forward to a pleasant time.
I shall look forward to a pleasant time.
I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.
I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.
You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just read more
You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training. -- Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the unsolvable problem by inventing Nautilus.
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And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first - an attempted suicide.
So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.
So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.
