Quotes

That’s an important lesson to learn. Or at least an important thing that I understood after Kitchen Confidential came out. I was 44. I

Declaration of independence Wealth of Nations published James Watt unveils first commercial model of his condensing steam engine, the fulcrum of the industrial revolution

I have no quarrel with those who help the disabled. But if only one-tenth the money given to them were given to help potential

Jack Ma failed his college entrance exam – twice. He was turned down for a number of jobs, including as the secretary to the

Antibodies, clotting factors, and other constituent parts can be separated out and used in concentrated form to treat autoimmune diseases or hemophilia—and that is

Manhattan wasn’t always the most coveted address in the world. In fact, the island currently known as Manhattan wasn’t the first choice of the

In October of 2008, a plumber from Ohio named Joseph Wurzelbacher made national headlines when he confronted US Presidential Candidate (then Senator) Barack Obama

An abbot2 wrote bitterly: “Commune! New and detestable name! By it people are freed from all bondage in return for a simple annual tax

Charles Scott Sherrington (1857–1952), one of the greatest and most inexplicably forgotten British scientists of the modern era. Sherrington’s life seems to have been

we generally admire those who can escape taxes, were it not that the burden of this freedom falls with increasing weight on others. It