Hiram S. Maxim quote: "But as no two (theoreticians) agree on this (skin friction) or any other subject, some not agreeing today with what they wrote a year ago, I think we might put down all their results, add them together, and then divide by the number of mathematicians, and thus find the average coefficient of error. (1908)"

Je me rends parfaitement compte du desagreable effet que produit sur la majorite de l'humanité, tou...
HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM

The first casualty when war comes is truth.
HIRAM JOHNSON

The first casualty when war comes is truth (speech, 1917)
HIRAM JOHNSON

The first casualty of war is truth.
HIRAM JOHNSON

I do not by any means believe the initiative, the referendum, and the recall are the panacea for all...
HIRAM JOHNSON

We thought that Ford had made a deal. When you make a deal you should stick to it.
HIRAM SASSER

Frankly, this is a pretty open-and-shut deal.
HIRAM SASSER

The only reason we can come up with is that they are being targeted because it is a religious club.
HIRAM SASSER

As a result of negotiations over the weekend, yesterday and even today, we are at a point now that w...
HIRAM MONSERRATE

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
LEGAL MAXIM

When work is a pleasure, life is joy.! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
MAXIM GORKY

It is quiet here and restful and the air is delicious. There are gardens everywhere and police spies...
GORKY MAXIM

When one loves somebody everything is clear -- where to go, what to do -- it all takes care of itsel...
MAXIM GORKY

One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty. - The Zyk...
MAXIM GORKY

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once h...
MAXIM GORKY

The intelligentsia ...was kept busy embroidering white stitches on the philosophical and ecclesiasti...
MAXIM GORKY

In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
MAXIM GORKY

Every new time will give its law.
MAXIM GORKY

Playing football in the morning is like eating cabbage for breakfast.
PRESSBOX MAXIM

One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.
MAXIM GORKY

We kill everybody, my dear. Some with bullets, some with words, and everybody with our deeds. We dri...
MAXIM GORKY

Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others thi...
CADET MAXIM

Ancient custom has the force of law.
LEGAL MAXIM

Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme
MAXIM GORKY

There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no o...
MAXIM GORKY

In preschool, I would plan out my show-and-tell every week to be funny and exciting. Then in first g...
MAXIM KNIGHT

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
MAXIM GORKY

The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.
MAXIM GORKY

The trodden path is the safest.
LEGAL MAXIM

It is fraud to conceal fraud
LEGAL MAXIM

He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he that loseth his spir...
SPANISH MAXIM

The position on banks and insurance has not changed. We consider their opening as impossible.
MAXIM MEDVEDKOV

My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for ...
MAXIM KNIGHT

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. Th...
MAXIM GORKY

Only mothers can think of the future-because they give birth to it in their children.
MAXIM GORKY

In the Olympics, we still don't understand what happened. We looked at video and were not sure what ...
MAXIM STAVISKI

I always wanted to play in the NHL, but last year when I was with the Dynamo, we won the championshi...
MAXIM AFINOGENOV

If we play like we did today we'll do good.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV

Going through the bad times the last three seasons not making the playoffs and right now still cheer...
MAXIM AFINOGENOV

After the game against Finland I wished them luck. Hopefully they win and bring the gold to Buffalo.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV

Right now I can't believe it. I think we're a good team but something happened and I don't know what...
MAXIM AFINOGENOV

We're going to have bad breaks, but so many of the power-play goals we scored were game-winners.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV

We played a pretty good game. The refs called two penalties at the end and it helped us.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV

He who spares the guilty threatens the innocent
LEGAL MAXIM

When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid
MAXIM GORKY

Today's society makes me cry.
MAXIM CHEREPANOV

No cause of action arises from a bare promise
LEGAL MAXIM

Many contemporary authors drink more than they write
MAXIM GORKY

The most beautiful words in the English langauge are 'not guilty'.
MAXIM GORKY

Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be conside...
MAXIM GORKY

Vivre comme tout le monde, c'est ennuyeux; vivre autrement, c'est difficile.
MAXIM GORKY

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those ...
MAXIM GORKY

When one loves somebody everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself ...
MAXIM GORKY

One has to be able to count, if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty
MAXIM GORKY

In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere
MAXIM GORKY

we people at the bottom feel everything; but it is hard for us to speak out our hearts. our thoughts...
MAXIM GORKY

That which necessity compels she excuses
LEGAL MAXIM

Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit by it...
LEGAL MAXIM

The trodden path is the safest
LEGAL MAXIM

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity
LEGAL MAXIM

The partner of my partner is not my partner
LEGAL MAXIM

Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober
LEGAL MAXIM

The laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur
LEGAL MAXIM

He is not deceived who knows himself to be deceived
LEGAL MAXIM

False in one thing, false in everything
LEGAL MAXIM

No man can give what he has not
LEGAL MAXIM

No man can make another a debtor against his will
LEGAL MAXIM

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee
LEGAL MAXIM

A promise against law or duty is void in its own nature
LEGAL MAXIM

That is sufficiently certain which can be made certain
LEGAL MAXIM

Let a purchaser beware
LEGAL MAXIM

Ancient custom has the force of law
LEGAL MAXIM

In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy.
LEGAL MAXIM

When one divides, the other should have the right of first choice
LEGAL MAXIM

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art
LEGAL MAXIM

At that moment, I saw it in the skating lounge. I just heard the audience scream and I saw the peopl...
MAXIM MARININ

I heard the audience scream, and knew how hard it must have been for her. But I tried to stay away f...
MAXIM MARININ

We didn't skate 100 percent but it was good enough to win our fifth European title in a row and we'r...
MAXIM MARININ

It's difficult to stay focused each time and do it each time.
MAXIM MARININ

That was definitely our best performance this season both in terms of emotion and the confidence we ...
MAXIM MARININ

I feel the atmosphere inside the ice rink was going up, so it was like a stone fell off my shoulders...
MAXIM MARININ

However low he may fall, a man can never deny himself the delight of feeling cleverer, more powerful...
MAXIM GORKY

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural preju...
MAXIM GORKY

When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
MAXIM GORKY

'Falling Skies' is not just about aliens attacking. It's also about humanity, survival, ...
MAXIM KNIGHT

And this was the end of my first friendship with one of that innumerable company of people who are f...
MAXIM GORKY

If all boys could be made to know that with every breath of cigarette smoke they inhale imbecility a...
HUDSON MAXIM

Here I've been living along, year after year, forty of them behind me, with a wife and children, and...
MAXIM GORKY

Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future
MAXIM GORKY

The poor are always rich in children, and in the dirt and ditches of this street there are groups of...
MAXIM GORKY

A public right cannot be changed by private agreement
LEGAL MAXIM

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.
MAXIM GORKY

It was our best performance of the year.
MAXIM MARININ

For pairs, it's a big step forward. For younger skaters, that is the point where they should intend ...
MAXIM MARININ

We didn't dream about it, we worked for this.
MAXIM STAVISKI

In March 2007, Russia could become a member.
MAXIM MEDVEDKOV

We'll do our utmost in order to complete the negotiations this year. By the autumn, I think we'll ha...
MAXIM MEDVEDKOV

Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for your...
MAXIM GORKY

I maintain that the past record of my race is a true index of the feelings which today animate them....
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

I am true to my own race. I wish to see all done that can be done for their encouragement, to assist...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

Go to the depot here, now, and what will you see? A well-dressed colored lady, with her little child...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

I hold that establishing mixed schools will not harm the white race. I am their friend. I said in Mi...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

While it is desirable to build up the colored race, we must not sacrifice our best and purest white ...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

The Republican party is not inflamed, as some would fain have the country believe, against the South...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

During the canvass in the State of Mississippi, I traveled into different parts of that state, and t...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

The people of the North owe to the colored race a deep obligation that is no easy matter to fulfill.
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

I was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854 for preaching the gospel to Negroes, though I was never subject...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

I stand today on this floor to appeal for protection from the strong arm of the government for her l...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

I sedulously refrained from doing anything that would incite slaves to run away from their masters.
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

I got colored mechanics in the United States Navy Yard for the first time.
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

The Legislature, which was elected under the Constitution framed and supported by colored men, decla...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

While I appreciated the educational advantages I enjoyed in the school and was proud of what I could...
HIRAM RHODES REVELS

Incredibly intelligent people always seem odd to those who are not as sharp.
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

It is my sincere desire that my research and hard work will help create a world where we all learn t...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Being a samurai is all about selfless service and if the lord abuses the servant, it is no longer a ...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Yes," I continued, "I discovered this model recently and her style never fails to be mathematically ...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Everything can be summed up into an equation.
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Demons would often try to make me feel some negative emotion, like hatred or contempt. Because the o...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

All people, whether Aspie or neuro-typical are predisposed by their society to make guesses, jump to...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

A samurai chooses to serve a master and does it out of respect and love, not because they are forced...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Just like the notion of "Internet natives", who have never known a world without Internet access, we...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

The self-addressed stamped envelope. The representation of everything that was wrong with the old pu...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Nowadays, the Internet decides if you're good, not the big man in the big office. No matter how impo...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

I love introverts. They don't waste words. Excessive extroverts can be very wasteful. I don't trust ...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Whereas, in the west, individuality and drive are considered positive qualities, they are not seen t...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Perhaps, Katrine, in a library just like this one, you will find that all the things you thought wer...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Never interrupt a faerie circle ceremony. And, if a faerie has appeared to you, visually, do not spe...
ALEXEI MAXIM RUSSELL

Bearing an eternal longing for Jewishness, I threw myself in all directions and left to work for ano...
S. ANSKY

When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppres...
S. ANSKY

A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is tor...
S. ANSKY

All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewi...
S. ANSKY

Jealousy is only a good thing when your jealous of me.
BREANNA S

When life gives you lemons, do NOT make lemonade. Lemonade is for losers. Make orange juice instead.
NESHIALY S.

Craftiness is a quality in the mind and a vice in the character.
S. DUBAY

I have just about all I can take of myself.
S. BEHRMAN

So? There's two of us and one of you, and whenever we feel like it, we can be three. That's love too...
S. DORA

When you say "I love you", I expect you to prove it.
NESHIALY S.

The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things ...
S. GUDDER

To succeed, your "why you do it" must be strong enough to get you out of bed early in the morning.
MICHAEL S.

If we always live
in constant fear
then we might miss
the beauty of the moment
r...
S. TARR

But it is the yogic path to be introspective, and to be the best person one can be.
S. IYENGAR

People don't care about price, if you have a great story and proposition, they'll buy your product.
MICHAEL S.

If there is shit all around me, how can I eat my ice cream?
S. BALARAM

Think of playing an instrument. When first picking up a new piece of music, a musician hammers out t...
S. CICCARELLI

Life travels steeper when we always LACK something and try make up with it
VIGNESH S

Being free in Jesus is a luxury. If you really desire to be free in Jesus, you’re going to have to...
GODISNOW1'S

...mammalian embryos, regardless of their sex chromosome constitutions, have an inherent tendency to...
S. OHNO

As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.
S. OHNO

உலகம் முழுவதும் வீடுகள் இருக்கின்றன...
S. RAMAKRISHNAN

வெற்றி பெற்றவனை விட தோற்றவனிடம் தான்...
S. RAMAKRISHNAN

Whenever you're late, make others wonder if they can handle your success if you came on time
VIGNESH S

Loneliness can either kill you or teach you depending on you being either a fighter or a survivor
VIGNESH S

If God never gave me one more thing in my life, then you, right now, would be enough. You are my Day...
S. KHUBIAR

Our goals are to find an easy way to find high risk (women) and to make the counseling process more ...
S. HUGHES

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
GEORGE S. PATTON

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
HARRY S TRUMAN

'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wo...
C. S. LEWIS

We should be about more than just selling chicken: we should be a part of our customers' lives a...
S. TRUETT CATHY

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
HARRY S TRUMAN

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of th...
ULYSSES S. GRANT

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
GEORGE S. PATTON

Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
C. S. LEWIS

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all t...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON

We don't find it tough to sell gold; people love to buy jewelry. The only way to make your wife,...
T. S. KALYANARAMAN

I don't calculate my net worth.
T. S. KALYANARAMAN

Be as transparent as you can in your trade. The big thing in life is trust.
T. S. KALYANARAMAN

A private jet is not a luxury; it is a necessity.
T. S. KALYANARAMAN

I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
T. S. KALYANARAMAN

I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
S. TRUETT CATHY

We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
S. TRUETT CATHY

I cook chicken for a living.
S. TRUETT CATHY

I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our var...
S. TRUETT CATHY

If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of...
S. TRUETT CATHY

I lost two brothers in an airplane crash, both of them leaving a wife and kids. When I get to Heaven...
S. TRUETT CATHY

I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brou...
S. TRUETT CATHY

I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local communit...
S. TRUETT CATHY

I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
S. TRUETT CATHY

Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.
S. TRUETT CATHY

If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.
S. TRUETT CATHY

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize yo...
S. TRUETT CATHY

I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can...
S. TRUETT CATHY

It's a silent witness to the Lord when people go into shopping malls, and everyone is bustling, ...
S. TRUETT CATHY

I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and prioriti...
S. TRUETT CATHY

The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and ...
S. TRUETT CATHY

Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning.
S. TRUETT CATHY

I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.
S. TRUETT CATHY

You don't have to be a Christian to work at Chick-fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on...
S. TRUETT CATHY

Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.
S. TRUETT CATHY

Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things...
S. TRUETT CATHY

In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
S. TRUETT CATHY

We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, ...
S. TRUETT CATHY

Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our ti...
S. TRUETT CATHY

Chick-fil-A is what it is today because of its people, purpose and product.
S. TRUETT CATHY

I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
S. T. JOSHI

You might say I was a passive atheist through my teenage years.
S. T. JOSHI

My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
S. T. JOSHI

I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and ...
S. ROBSON WALTON

I was small but slow as a college tackle.
S. ROBSON WALTON

I worked in Dad's stores, moving boxes - I remember quite well one stockroom that was upstairs -...
S. ROBSON WALTON

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep ...
S. ROBSON WALTON

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