All Quotes

"In the various Branches of Mathematics being pretty well informed, ... I applyed myself to practise Land Surveying with Success, but my natural bent for Science encreasing, I thought my native country too unfavourable a Spot for prosecuting my enquiries with any advantage or encouragement, and accordingly resolved to adopt the well Known Maxim "Where Liberty dwells, there is my country." Here every man who acknowledges the rights of a rational being, ought to bring his mite of Knowledge or experience, to encrease the rising Glory of this happy People."

"In philosophy, searching is everything: we search because we are not. It is like the moral imperative: only those who feel they must always continue to act on it actually act on it. The verb of philosophy, as in morality, is not “to be” (sein), but “to ought” (sollen)."

"The philosophical word, in its questioning, always gives voice to the Other, to silence, to death. Its task is to “speak Silence.” The Silence “of” things, “in” things, “in” names, ‘in’ the “sounds” of things [...]. In saying things, the Silence present in the sounds of things, the philosophical word rekindles wonder for the being, the wonder “that the being is.”"

"Interviewer: What is topology? Vincenzo Vitiello: It is a hermeneutic practice rather than a theory. And it is a practice linked to a very personal way of “reading”: it is impossible for me to read Aristotle with eyes other than those with which I read Hegel or Heidegger. There is a contemporaneity in philosophy—but not only in philosophy—that is at the basis of its “history.” As I like to say, by way of example: Hegel is more “contemporary” with Augustine than with Schelling, and the latter is more contemporary with Plotinus than with Hegel – ‘’ en philosophe', of course; because the two – Schelling and Hegel – exchanged friendly letters and fierce criticism between themselves and not with Plotinus and Augustine. The fact is that historical time is constructed in layers; it does not have a single dimension. What Kant considered u'‘ngereimt’', senseless, the contemporaneity of different times, is a fact of experience; ‘'ungereimt’' is only the reduction of every time to the linear succession “past-present-future” of physical-mechanical time. Moreover, it is from Kant that we learn the difference between “moral” time and “physical” time."

"It is a contradiction to say someone can convert someone else. Only God can touch the human heart and sow the seed of faith. All we can do it to share the Good News we have received."

"I manage the development of new products, a joint effort between the brewing, research and innovation teams. Part of my job is to take concepts and transfer them into a brewing recipe. I also coordinate test brewing in our Research Pilot Brewery."

"During my junior year of college at Purdue, Pete Kraemer, an alum, spoke to my chemical engineering seminar class about Anheuser-Busch and opportunities for engineers. During my senior year, I decided to put in my resume and never looked back."

"He had a very long life, more than a hundred years, and the memory he left in the north of the massif is a measure of this longevity."

"Now, I’m always thinking of food and flavors from a brewing perspective, especially when I go out to eat. It really speaks to my scientific interests in chemistry and biology while also involving a lot of creativity."

"In approximately 50% of married or cohabiting couples, there has been at least one episode of direct violence between spouses, and 70% of violence against women (including rape and murder) is committed by a husband, partner, or ex-partner."

"(About the murder of Giulia Cecchettin}} Turetta is passive-aggressive and narcissistic. A so-called “covert” who cannot forgive others for thinking you are better than him. [...] The trigger for this story is not the end of the relationship, which he would probably have tolerated, but the problem that she, graduating before him, became something intolerable. Because it became publicly apparent that she was better than him, or at least that was his interpretation."

"(About the murder of Giulia Cecchettin}} How many young girls accept restrictions on their personal freedom every day? Don't do this, don't do that... this is the real monster that needs to be defeated. As for Filippo, we need to stop saying he was a good guy. He is a person of frightening ferocity who masqueraded as the perfect guy."

"The vast majority of these murders (by the Monster of Florence) could have been committed alone. Honestly, based on the type of murder—this can be said on the basis of studies conducted mainly in the United States, a country much more prolific when it comes to serial killers, unfortunately compared to our country – it is difficult for murders with such a savage sexual background and with a murder method chosen to immediately eliminate the main obstacle, i.e., the male partner in the couple, to be associated with a single murderer."

"The more we delve into this story, the more details emerge about this individual's actions and the less objectively plausible the ‘snack companions’ theory becomes. Let's consider that the conviction of the “snack companions” is based solely on Lotti's statements, there is nothing else, and Lotti is a problematic person, certainly very problematic, who makes a series of statements that repeatedly contradict each other in relation to certain factors."

"I believe that the person behind this series of crimes was someone who frequented and hung out in the same circles where the investigative decisions were made, because he had the power to challenge a whole series of individuals in a scientific manner throughout this story, as if he were always one step ahead of the investigations, which he probably knew about or had the opportunity to intuit, perhaps not in such a distinctive way but perhaps through ' intelligence' gathered through individuals in various capacities and at various levels, perhaps against their will, belonging to investigative circles."

"We are dealing with someone who clearly expected a very different response from Simonetta. I believe that all this anger stems from the fact that it was a murder of an expressive nature, and the weapon was used to strike precisely those parts of the body that most symbolize femininity."

"Simonetta certainly knew her attacker, I have no doubt about that, and she probably also felt a certain fear towards him, perhaps even reverence. I can imagine this from the care with which she had prepared herself that afternoon, but it wasn't the clothing of a girl going to meet her boyfriend. She was pretty but formal, precise. It's clear that she wanted to give a good impression of herself, but probably not from a sexual point of view, but in terms of professional reliability."

"Meanwhile, she had opportunities to meet Raniero in other places in a completely peaceful manner and without any particular problems. She would certainly never have taken the risk of inviting her boyfriend into a workplace, because she had never done so before and I don't see why she would have done so on that day, with the risk of being discovered. Let's remember that the AIAG was still in operation, it was not yet the holiday period and Simonetta clearly could not have known about the possibility of encountering any other employees."

"I am not aware that after Simonetta's murder and the disappearance of a set of keys to the AIAG offices, the lock on the office door was ever changed. It's a bit strange, I find it rather unusual. When a barbaric murder takes place inside the office, a young woman is killed in a truly terrible way, and yet the keys to the office, which is also frequented by other women, a set of these keys disappears into thin air and no one even thinks to change the lock? It seems a bit strange to me. Perhaps there was no fear of another case of this kind?"

"On the evening of the murder, around 8:30 p.m., two phone calls were made from the AIAG offices to lawyer Caracciolo di Sarno, who was the owner of AIAG, by a male individual who wanted to speak to the lawyer, who, however, claimed not to be available at that time. Therefore, there was definitely a male individual inside that building who knew the lawyer's number, and again, I don't see why Busco would have ever called lawyer Caracciolo di Sarno, whom he probably didn't even know existed."

"(About the Murder of Giulia Cecchettin) *What strikes me is that this guy probably had significant psychological issues, of a narcissistic nature. [...] He was unable to come to terms with the end of the relationship and felt inadequate compared to Giulia. Because she had achieved her goals and he hadn't. Clearly, there was a kind of direct competition between the two. Giulia didn't see it or understand it, but Filippo did. And all this happened just before Giulia graduated. A time when she would certainly have spread her wings and started her own career. A definitive end, therefore, to that relationship, which he could not tolerate."

"This is the era of people with these kinds of narcissistic characteristics. Faced with frustration, which can be generated by competition, by feeling inadequate, by being abandoned, or simply by the fact that a person can begin to become an obstacle (as in the case of Giulia Tramontano)."

"I found the topic really interesting, how there is a whole other world of microbes that we don't see."

"Microbiology is also at the intersection of so many different scientific fields."

"You can do a bit of biochemistry, immunology and even physics."

"It is not normal, it is not healthy for the person we are with to feel entitled to control our every move, what we do, who we talk to. It is a sign that something is wrong. These are problems. It is not interest, but obsession. There are many girls who find themselves being pursued by the same boyfriend, often precisely because they are very good, empathetic people. Sometimes they are manipulated, made to feel guilty. “Without you, I can't live, I can't study.” They feel guilty and continue to see them. But in doing so, they fuel the obsession. When a relationship ends, it ends."

"In these cases, the decision to kill seems to be the only way for the murderer to maintain absolute control over their partner. Often, when jealousy is the motive, the death of the partner comes after yet another violent argument. Of course, we must not forget that a whole series of murders committed within passionate couples had very little to do with passion and were based on much more pragmatic and instrumental aspects, such as obtaining a significant financial advantage or a lucrative inheritance."

"But can one really kill “for love”? In all honesty, I don't think so. Or rather, one can kill for love, yes, but for the love of oneself."

"Roberta Bruzzone, "Finchè morte non ci separi": come e perchè si muore per "amore"?? di Roberta Bruzzone, robertabruzzone.com."

"There are many aspects of T. gondii biology we know very little about."

"Our lab aims to uncover novel differentiation and virulence determinants, especially in the gastrointestinal tract, and understand the molecular regulation of gene expression during developmental differentiation."

"There are a lot of people who are sick in the Ivory Coast."

"t that time, I thought, okay, medicine is something that I could do to help people."

"Feeling helpless wasn’t too fun."

"That was my journey into my interest in science."

"As an immigrant and a Black woman in science, I understand the challenges that students and faculty from historically excluded and underprivileged communities encounter at institutions of higher education."

"I am excited to join the faculty at SCU and look forward to engaging with colleagues and students from all backgrounds in a supportive."

"I can share my passion for microbiology, introduce students to the rigor and the thrill of scientific research, discovery, and innovation."

"Opportunities for students to connect with science in a way that enriches their day-to-day lives and contributes to making them fully informed citizens."

"I am excited to join the faculty at SCU and look forward to engaging with colleagues and students from all backgrounds in a supportive and collaborative environment where I can share my passion for microbiology."

"Introduce students to the rigor and the thrill of scientific research, discovery, and innovation, and provide opportunities for students to connect with science in a way that enriches their day-to-day lives and contributes to making them fully informed citizens."

"If the university would hire lecturers to provide relief from teaching loads."

"Tenure track faculty could get back into research labs and make up for work and time lost to the pandemic."

"The impact of the pandemic on faculty workload, especially faculty with children, was not explicitly addressed by Cal State, and the amount of extra work faculty did was not fully appreciated."

"What they demonstrated to us is that they will continue to operate, whether individual faculty are there or not."

"It’s up to faculty to stand up and say, ‘There is no university without the faculty.’"

"It all started with a plant; when I was in the last year of middle school."

"I had a biology professor who helped us create a herbarium, and there was this common flower in the Ivory Coast that we passed all the time."

"Doing the herbarium and having to separate the petals of the flower, the sepal, knowing the names of the different structures."

"I thought, ‘oh, that's cool; can I know more about these things."