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“It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.”

People Thinking World Should Humans Hard Black Human Beings Assuming Practicals Holes Application Quests Black Hole

Author:Yuri Milner

“When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.”

Should May Book Use Reading Advice Application Maxims Books And Reading

Author:Charles Caleb Colton

“Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass.”

Should Breaths Paint Glasses Surface Application Thick

Book:Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice

Source: Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice

“Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision.”

Should Age Youth Demand Seasons Old Age Application Devoted Manhood Earnest Revision Receptivity

Book:Summaries of Thought

Source: Summaries of Thought

“Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.”

“There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.”

Should Lines Magic Draws Application Bureaucrats Operating Systems

Author:Bill Gates