Work Energy Principle

Famous quotes containing the words work, energy and/or principle:

“My life’s work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.”
—Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931)

“Because humans are not alone in exhibiting such behavior—bees stockpile royal jelly, birds feather their nests, mice shred paper—it’s possible that a pregnant woman who scrubs her house from floor to ceiling [just before her baby is born] is responding to a biological imperative . . . . Of course there are those who believe that . . . the burst of energy that propels a pregnant woman to clean her house is a perfectly natural response to their mother’s impending visit.”
—Mary Arrigo (20th century)

“The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.”
—Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994)