Ernst Mach The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life. – Ernst Mach Adapt Quotes Average Quotes Conceptions Quotes Conditions Quotes Desire Quotes Dominated Quotes Favourably Quotes Formed Quotes Knowledge Quotes Life Quotes Presentations Quotes Pure Quotes Struggle Quotes The biological task of science is to provide the fully developed human individual with as perfect a means of orientating himself as possible. No other scientific ideal can be realised, and any other must be meaningless. Bodies do not produce sensations, but complexes of elements (complexes of sensations) make up bodies.
Steve Ells If I had taken money from, say, venture capital, they would have wanted a certain return in a certain time period. McDonald’s, on the other hand, seemed very interested in my passion about creating this brand. I trusted them, and they did not really interfere with the brand. – Steve Ells
Chang-Rae Lee I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to make for a novelist. – Chang-Rae Lee
Laila Ali My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children. – Laila Ali
Paul Mellon Within 18 months of my parents’ marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer. – Paul Mellon
Millie Bobby Brown I’m really small, so I think if I shrink, I’d turn into a puddle. – Millie Bobby Brown
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