The scientific community having made a rapid ascent from deep poverty to great affluence, from academe's cloisters to Washington's high councils, still tends to be a bit excitable - not unlike a nouveau riche in a fluctuating market.

Quote by Daniel S Greenberg

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Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby....

Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby....

It should be done with the same degree of alacrity and nonchalance that you would...

It should be done with the same degree of alacrity and nonchalance that you would...

Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby....

Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby....

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

Are there women in New York who are just there to make us feel bad...

Are there women in New York who are just there to make us feel bad...

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one...

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one...

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.

This is New York and there's no law against being annoying

This is New York and there's no law against being annoying

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los...

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los...

To teach is great, but to inspire is divine.

To teach is great, but to inspire is divine.

When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.

When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.

For about 15 minutes, Doug Flutie was the toast of New York-not just the toast...

For about 15 minutes, Doug Flutie was the toast of New York-not just the toast...

I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street...

I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street...

You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show...

You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show...

New York is a granite beehive, where people jostle and whir like molecules in an...

New York is a granite beehive, where people jostle and whir like molecules in an...

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los...

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los...

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the...

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the...

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom...

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

There is a new billboard outside Time Square. It keeps an up-to minute count of...

There is a new billboard outside Time Square. It keeps an up-to minute count of...