“If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?”
Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…
Book title (1978)
Source: When God Created Mothers
“What, what am I to do with all of this life?”
— Gwendolyn Brooks, book Maud Martha
Source: Maud Martha
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“But what now? What am I supposed to do with all these feelings?”
Jenny Han book To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Source: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.”
Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) German, later an American, aerospace engineer and space architect
In an interview in the New York Times (16 December 1957), cited in a footnote on page 32 of "Work, Society, and Culture" by Yves Reni Marie Simon, and also in a footnote (in German) on page 360 of "Vita activa oder Vom taetigen Leben" by Hannah Arend (1981)
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Basic research is when I'm doing what I don't know I'm doing.
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (1896–1986) wife of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
After the possibility of abdication was reported in the newspapers, she left for Cannes, 3 December 1936. <br class="br">Matthew, H. C. G., ‘Edward VIII [later Prince Edward, duke of Windsor] (1894–1972)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 21 Nov 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31061,
“I am the most curious of all to see what will be the next thing that I will do.”
Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973) American and French sculptor
Jacques Lipchitz cited in: Bertie Charles Forbes (1992) Forbes, Vol. 149, Nr. 5-9, p. 424
“I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.”
Wendelin Van Draanen (1965) American writer
Source: The Running Dream