With an absurd oversimplification, the "invention" of calculus [method in mathematics] is sometimes ascribed to two men, Newton and Leibniz.
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have
He gave her a look that you could have poured on a waffle.
How do you look when I'm sober?
Frenchmen drink wine just like we used to drink water before Prohibition.
Try to make the time frame the minimum the story will permit.
Archimedes, that he might transport the entire globe. . . demanded only a point that was firm and immovable; so also, I shall be entitled to entertain the highest expectations, if I am fortunate enough to discover only one thing that is certain and indubitable.
Sooner I'd try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to march or to do something they didn't already feel like doing.
I don't think I'm gay. I don't think I'm straight. I think I'm just slutty. Where's my parade?
When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.