“Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.” WellsPastCrazySkillsCarefulPlanningAccomplishmentMy PastCareful Planning Author:Felix Baumgartner
“New York has never learnt the art of growing old by playing on all its pasts. Its present invents itself, from hour to hour, in the act of throwing away its previous accomplishments and challenging the future. A city composed of paroxysmal places in monumental reliefs.” ArtPastHoursChallengesCitiesGrowingNew YorkAccomplishmentReliefThrowingGrowing OldThrowing Away Book:The Practice of Everyday Life Source: The Practice of Everyday Life
“Research is the live heart of the scientific life ... Greatness of position, respect for past accomplishments, the Nobel Prize itself -- none of these can compensate for the loss of vitality only research provides.” HeartPastLossPositionGreatnessResearchAccomplishmentPrizeVitalityNobelNobel Prize Book:Women in Science: Then and Now Source: Women in Science: Then and Now
“Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.” PastMercyAccomplishment Author:Aeschylus