The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

When two elements combine and form more than one compound, the masses of one element that react with a fixed mass of the other are in the ratio of small whole numbers.

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.

In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter?

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw.

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

Experimental science hardly ever affords us more than approximations to the truth and whenever many agents are concerned we are in great danger of being mistaken.

Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate that there are no mysteries in nature that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer.

Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer.

I always feel I'm better known in England than I am here in the U.S. Americans don't read that much, and the French are very good at knowing the names of everybody.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

Now and then its good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

I never want to dumb it down. If there's any simplification, it's just a simplification to make sure that the reader understands the point that the character is trying to make.

You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.

I hear, 'But why do poor people make such bad decisions?' But actually, their decision-making can be far more complex than that of the better-off in many ways. They're not financially illiterate: they're constantly weighing up choices based on the reality of poverty. Somehow the international development community has resisted accepting this.

Gold like the sun which melts wax but hardens clay expands great souls.

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.

I know a lot of incredibly, profoundly talented, skilled people that aren't given certain opportunities or any opportunities, and that aren't working.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

I am too ambitious to get into a relationship.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Happy Anniversary, my darling. Here's to a day that's filled with fun, while we joyously remember when us two became a one.

When I was pregnant, I wanted to take some time off from acting, but I still needed a creative outlet for myself. My first two books were created during my pregnancies and after giving birth to my first child.

Over a long period of time, technological change is something that has been important in reducing manufacturing employment - absolutely and as a share of jobs in the economy.

You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things.

The fascination with Judas has persisted despite the fact that there is no evidence of the hard facts of his life. Even the 'Iscariot' attached to him may be nothing more significant than a corruption of the name of the town from which he came.

I love being married. Its so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Usually we praise only to be praised.