In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam.

In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands.

My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played.

Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.

Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced.

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.

But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy.

Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy.

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition.

In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam.

In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect.

Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we can indulge ourselves in that fashion only so much. In the end, we read not for reading's sake, but to learn.

Let the whole world join the happy lay Let the hills and vales break forth in singing Christ the Lord of Life is risn today.

I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money.

A lifeguard is like a storm shelter. You may never need it, but if you do, it could be a life saver.

My private life became public.

My egotistical concern was less that I would fail to relate to my classmates than that they would know nothing of my uniquely tortured life's course and, thus, me.

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.

I was now successful in proving that a direction of movement is localized in the cerebellum.

There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.

It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

My Nike Free sneakers add a splash of color and slide on fast, perfect for when I'm rushing to catch the school bus. And my favorite cargos are skinny but stretchy, so I can go up or down a few pounds and they still fit!

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

I've always been fascinated with the juxtaposition of technology in music, not only in recording, but in the keyboard. It's amazing the way you can apply technology to an art form.

I stopped acting Romeo and just became Romeo.

We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the slogans of free press, and then they can come out with crap like that. It's just garbage. It's insulting to the readers.

My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer.

Often the art in a video game is like glorified Thomas Kinkade, but some of it is genuinely enchanting and compelling.

What I know is that we no longer have free enterprise capitalism in health care; it's not a system any longer where people are able to innovate. It's not based on voluntary exchange. The government is directing it.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.