Quotes About Attitude

Only dead mathematics can be taught where the attitude of competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession.

How can he possibly be humble? He hasn't done anything yet.

A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology.

It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.

To one, science is an exalted goddess; to another it is a cow which provides him with butter.

Do not say hypothesis, and even less theory: say way of thinking.

He [William Harvey] did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with an undervalue.

Given the scale of issues like global warming and epidemic disease, we shouldn't underestimate the importance of a can-do attitude to science rather than a can't-afford-it attitude.

Perspective is not a science but a hope.

As a mistress, death seemed lacking in many essentials. Therefore, I decided not to die.

John raised an eyebrow. "So you wouldn't date someone like you?""Oh, hell, no. I'm insane, but that would be nuts.

A pessimist says the glass is half empty, an optimist says the glass is half full, and an engineer says the glass is too big.

The laissez-faire attitude to science education has resulted in a disaster exemplified by the fact that more young people are opting for media studies than physics.

If one of our customers comes into the store without a smile, I'll give them one of mine.

You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.

You lose, you smile, and you come back the next day. You win, you smile, you come back the next day.

Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.

I have started smiling! I've mastered this smirk; it's a smile that isn't a smile.

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

My smiles don't result from good things, they result in good things.

Your day usually follows the direction of the corners of your mouth. So SMILE.

It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile is the man who can smile when his shorts are too tight in the seat.

Lose your smile and lose your customers.