#standing

From our point of view, the most exciting thing would be if we discovered something really fundamental in our understanding was just off a bit - and that now we have a chance to revisit it. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#chance #discovered #exciting #exciting thing #fundamental

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#back #bit #come #help #how

This new understanding of processes on Europa would not have been possible without the foundation of the last 20 years of observations over Earth's ice sheets and floating ice shelves. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#earth #floating #foundation #ice #last

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#every #i #laughing #people #say

Christopher Nolan's astounding third Batman feature, 'The Dark Knight Rises,' represents the true maturation of the superhero movie - and provides the key to understanding the bottomless craving moviegoers have for these films, 34 years after the Christopher Reeve Superman gave birth to the genre. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#astounding #batman #birth #bottomless #christopher

Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#been #blast #coming #definitely #full

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

#choice #given #loving #man #them

I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#beg #discussion #dwell #forget #his

I think the thing that I admire about Rick Santorum is that he hasn't backed down or apologized one bit for his personal religious views, for standing up for social conservative values. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#admire #apologized #backed #bit #conservative

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#becoming #capable #i #i am #myself