"One (practitioner of science) is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, whether it hides in a snail's eye or within the light that impinges on that delicate organ."

-- Loren Eiseley

#Eye Quotes #Men Quotes #Light Quotes

“Engineering is too important to wait for science.”
“Look down, not up, when making your initial investment decision. If you donâ€™t lose money, most of the remaining alternatives are good ones.”

Source : Joel Greenblatt (2010). “You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market P”, p.42, Simon and Schuster
“Fear is vulnerability's ugly little sister.”

Source : "Jaime Murray: Taking Care of Heart, Mind, and Body". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Make the best of an emergency.”

Source : Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent (2000). “John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist”, p.219, Yale University Press
“Direction is a thousand choices, a thousand decisions a day. And having a vision of what you want, and then knowing what you want frame-by-frame, second-by-second... if you don't have it laid out in the design and in the way the actor performs it, it's not going to happen.”
“Ninety percent of life is just showing up.”
“Some people get a feeling of power from being unpleasant.”

Source : Alexei Panshin, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon (1968). “Rite of passage”
“Even an organized person has days that aren't efficient and well-managed.”

Source : Deniece Schofield (1994). “Confessions of an organized homemaker: the secrets of uncluttering your home and taking control of your life”

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