Heinrich Rohrer Quotes

Science is progressing at such a rapid rate that when you make a prediction and think you are ahead of your time by 100 years you may be ahead of your time by 10 at most.

I think that everybody needs somebody to really look up to and know that even though you're going through a tough time, you'll get over it.

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.

If I could change the science system, my prescription for changing the whole thing would be organising it around big goals and building teams to do it.

As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.

The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place; and with every such change the purchasing power of money changes so far as that thing goes.

Gymnastics demands so much of our time. We train all week and travel and compete on weekends. The people you're surrounded by really become your second family, your best friends, your sisters. My coach was like a second mother for me.

It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.

It would be suicide in the American academy to show too early an interest beyond your doctoral specialization: charges of everything from charlatanry to ambition would be levied and tenure denied. I've seen this first-hand.

My father's coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time.

From time to time, you have seminal personalities who really change the way the world sees itself - people like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela. Warren Buffett is that kind of person in the business world.

As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.

The government may change faces from time to time, but it's not like we fight wars for democracy - we fight wars for capitalism and for oil.

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

I think people thought I was crazy for leaving Mexico when I had any project I wanted falling at my feet. But I risked everything to come to Los Angeles, where no one knew who I was, and start all over again. It was a very hard step to take. However, it was the moment I thought it was right to take a risk in my career.

As the time goes by, you change, your learn new things, your attitude is different. For the moment, I'm still enjoying ski racing so much that it would be difficult for me to think about ending my career.

I left with nothing and needing to begin a new career.

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.

If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.

It's unrealistic to expect the person you go to for sage advice also to be the person you go out and have a good time with. And it's unlikely that he or she will be the same person who's pushing you and motivating you to do more every day, like a coach or manager does.

I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.

There is life after acting.

There is always a time to move on.

In the fields I know best, among the life sciences, it is required that the most expert and sophisticated minds be capable of changing course - often with a great lurch - every few years.