Only the educated are free.
I can, therefore I am.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Never complain and never explain.
It's always too early to quit.
That attitude does not exist so much today, but in those days there was a very sharp distinction between basic physics and applied physics. Columbia did not deal with applied physics.