Rudolf Clausius quotes

“In all cases where work is produced by heat, a quantity of heat proportional to the work done is expended; and inversely, by the expenditure of a like quantity of work, the same amount of heat may be produced.”
-- Rudolf Clausius

Source : "On the Moving Force of Heat, and the Laws Regarding the Nature of Heat Itself Which Are Deducible Therefrom" (1851)

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“The total energy of the universe is constant; the total entropy is continually increasing.”
-- Rudolf Clausius

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“The fundamental laws of the universe which correspond to the two fundamental theorems of the mechanical theory of heat. 1. The energy of the universe is constant. 2. The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum.”
-- Rudolf Clausius

Source : Rudolf Clausius (1867). “The Mechanical Theory of Heat: With Its Applications to the Steam-engine and to the Physical Properties of Bodies”, p.365

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“The energy of the universe is constant.”
-- Rudolf Clausius

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“Heat can never pass from a colder to a warmer body without some other change, connected therewith, occurring at the same time.”
-- Rudolf Clausius

Source : "On a Modified Form of the Second Fundamental Theorem in the Mechanical Theory of Heat" (1856)

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“The algebraic sum of all the transformations occurring in a cyclical process can only be positive, or, as an extreme case, equal to nothing. Statement of the second law of thermodynamics, 1862”
-- Rudolf Clausius

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“The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum.”
-- Rudolf Clausius

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“The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.”
-- Rudolf Clausius

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“The 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.”

“But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.”

“I never consciously got into comedy. It was sort of one of those things where I was a theater student, I was acting, I was doing comedy, I was doing dramatic stuff, so it's been something that I've always done and enjoyed doing and had an instinct to be relatively good at.”

Source : "Aasif Mandvi talks about acting, comedy and Middle Eastern Corresponding". IFC Interview, www.ifc.com. November 02, 2011.

“The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done.”

Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

“I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet.”

“Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.”

Source : "Wit and Humor of Bench and Bar". Book by Marshall Brown, 1899.

“You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.”

“I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.”

“Although an ***** is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.”

“I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical heat would crucify me.”