#threshold

Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is. ↗

— Alan Kay

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In particular, I established a reasonably accurate energy threshold for permanent displacement of a nucleus from its regular lattice position, substantially smaller than had been previously presumed. ↗

— Walter Kohn

#been #displacement #energy #established #had

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

#advice #bit #bite #chickens #cross

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#fools #know #longer #men #stand

Triumphant science and technology are only at the threshold of man's command over sources of energy so stupendous that, if used for military purposes, they can wipe out our entire civilization. ↗

— Cordell Hull

#command #energy #entire #man #military

Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#leaving #new #old #once #stand

We are now on the threshold of a newer movement, with a newer hope and a new inspiration. ↗

— James Larkin

#inspiration #movement #new #newer #now

At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point. ↗

— Roh Moo-hyun

#destiny #determine #forced #go #history