Martin Heinrich Klaproth Quotes

Wherefore no name can be found for a new fossil [element] which indicates its peculiar and characteristic properties (in which position I find myself at present), I think it is best to choose such a denomination as means nothing of itself and thus can give no rise to any erroneous ideas. In consequence of this, as I did in the case of Uranium, I shall borrow the name for this metallic substance from mythology, and in particular from the Titans, the first sons of the earth. I therefore call this metallic genus TITANIUM. ~ Martin Heinrich Klaproth

It is to geometry that we owe in some sort the source of this discovery [of beryllium]; it is that [science] that furnished the first idea of it, and we may say that without it the knowledge of this new earth would not have been acquired for a long time, since according to the analysis of the emerald by M. Klaproth and that of the beryl by M. Bindheim one would not have thought it possible to recommence this work without the strong analogies or even almost perfect identity that Citizen Haüy found for the geometrical properties between these two stony fossils. ~ Antoine-François Fourcroy

What I try to do is tell my constituents that this is what I believe and this is why I made that vote. And I think that that makes more sense to people generally than trying to triangulate some political position. ~ Martin Heinrich

When it comes to renewable energy, there's no reason America should settle for second best. ~ Martin Heinrich

Making improvements to our background check system and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking are common-sense ways to prevent violence without punishing law abiding gun owners. We owe it to the American people to take real action to reduce gun violence in our communities. ~ Martin Heinrich

People have a fundamental right to organize. It's rooted very much in the Constitution and people's right to free association. ~ Martin Heinrich

If you look back at President Bush, nobody agreed with his policies, but you understood that he was doing things that he believed was right. ~ Martin Heinrich

Americans increasingly understand that clean energy is more than just an environmental issue. It is crucial to reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign countries. ~ Martin Heinrich

We've clearly seen that Tea Party Republicans are willing to take our economy hostage just to score political points, but I'm not willing to do that. ~ Martin Heinrich

Innovation is what America does best. Whether it is the Apollo Project to the moon, developing the most advanced defense technologies available, the rise of the Internet or the latest advancements in biomedical gene therapies, our nation leads the world in transformative innovations. ~ Martin Heinrich

I think Democrats are always challenged to have a unified message, and it's in part because our strength is our diversity as a party, but our weakness is also the fact that because we're so diverse, we have a hard time getting on one page on message. ~ Martin Heinrich

My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else. ~ Martin Scorsese

I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid. ~ Martin Fleischmann

Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself... ("You, Doctor Martin") ~ Anne Sexton

I really love the togetherness in baseball. That's a real true love. ~ Billy Martin

Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play because stuff will happen, right then and there. The audience wants to believe that what's going on is happening for the first time, ever. That's what acting is. That's what good scene writing is. ~ Martin Landau

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ned closed his eyes and opened them; it made no difference. He slept and woke and slept again. He did not know which was more painful, the waking or the sleeping. ~ George R R Martin

Where God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel. ~ Martin Luther

I ordered a wake-up call the other day. The phone rang and a woman's voice said, 'What the hell are you doing with your life?' ~ Demetri Martin

I'm an actor who loves doing comedy. ~ Martin Short

Your such a cynic.
Exactly, thats what you call a guy who tells you the truth. ~ Martin Cruz Smith

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason. ~ Heinrich Heine

I don't believe in influence. I think that in order to be an artist, you have to move. When you stop moving, then you're no longer an artist. And if you move from somebody else's position, you simply cannot know the next step. I think that everyone is on his own line. I think that after you've made one step, the next step reveals itself. I believe that you were born on this line. I don't say that the actual footsteps were marked before you get to them, and I don't say that change isn't possible in your course. But I do believe we unfold out of ourselves, and we do what we are born to do sooner or later, anyway. ~ Agnes Martin

Peace if possible. Truth at all costs. ~ Martin Luther

If you find yourself in a situation where you are neither learning nor contributing, it is your responsibility to use The Law of Two Feet to go elsewhere. ~ Martin Leith

I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head. ~ Steve Martin

Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks. ~ Martin Gore

I'm not advocating violence but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell. ~ Martin Gore

If companies are able to have multiple revenue streams and have their hands in multiple pools of money, then why shouldn't the people who actually work for those brands be able to do the exact same thing? ~ Roland Martin

On the gallows tree, all men are brothers. ~ George R R Martin

While Johns (Martin Luther King's predecessor as pastor in Montgomery) agreed with Dexter's general disdain for emotionalism, he was very fond of traditional spirituals, believing they represented a part of their history they ought to embrace and celebrate. ~ Troy Jackson

A car alarm is a way for a car to tell everyone that its owner is an asshole. ~ Demetri Martin

Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world if treachery and deceit. ~ George R R Martin

If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

We should live totally in the face of the night and of the Evil. ~ Martin Heidegger