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Mum Quotes - Page 2

I seek and don’t find myself. I belong to chrysanthemum hours, neatly lined up in flowerpots.

Fernando Pessoa (1996). “The Book of Disquietude: By Bernardo Soares, Assistant Bookkeeper in the City of Lisbon”

The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum.

Rudolf Clausius (1867). “The Mechanical Theory of Heat: With Its Applications to the Steam-engine and to the Physical Properties of Bodies”, p.365

The most effective and most accessible way to acquire the maximum of constructive power is to love truly and wisely.

Pitirim Aleksandrovich Sorokin (2002). “The Ways and Power of Love: Types, Factors, and Techniques of Moral Transformation”, p.12, Templeton Foundation Press

Maximum growth and high ideals are not incompatible. They’re inseparable.

Jim Stengel (2012). “Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s 50 Greatest Companies”, p.1, Random House

The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people.

"Study: Most sponsors of minimum wage hike bill don't pay interns". www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2014.

Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.

Adam Phillips (2017). “Monogamy”, p.7, Faber & Faber

I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.

Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.