Category Archives: Speeches
Richard Feynman Explains How Fire Comes From “Jiggling”
Celebrated theoretical physicist and a pioneering researcher in quantum computing and nano-technology – the late Richard Feynman – was also a champion of logical reasoning and a true believer of an intellectually curious lifestyle. His lectures on the laws of physical phenomenon, like gravity and light, that govern everything from the tiniest sub-atomic particles to the […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Stephen Fry
For anyone familiar with the hilarious TV sketch series ‘A bit of Fry and Laurie‘ the name Stephen Fry does not need an introduction. For the rest of the population, you really don’t know what you have been missing. Seriously, go to YouTube and check out all the very funny and smart sketches performed by […]
Goodbye, David Rakoff
One of the side effects of regularly listening to This American Life is the pleasant experience of getting to know some great artists. Since it is a public radio show, sound is all that is available for the show’s producers to make a good impression and they do extraordinarily well to broadcast the best possible […]
The Importance of Luck in Success and Failure
You don’t find people attributing their success to luck too often. In fact, in the world of competitive career advancement, saying that your success was a result of good fortune is big no-no. Calling yourself lucky implies that you did not do the hard work, but more importantly it makes the listener question their own […]
