Skip navigation

Tag Archives: Tries

“First we attacked the Russian soldiers with our poisonous gases, and then when we saw the poor fellows lying there, dying slowly, we tried to make breathing easier for them by using our own life-saving devices on them”. –Otto Hahn

“A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial”. –Philo

“The organic fundamental error of humanism was that it desired to educate the common people (on whom it looked down) from its lofty stance instead of trying to understand them and to learn from them”. –Stefan Zweig

“I’m tired of trying to do something worthwhile for the human race, they simply don’t want to change!” –August Dvorak

“I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot… The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time”. –Jack London

“Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture”. –Thelonious Monk

“Don’t become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin”. –Ivan Pavlov