"by operating on the principle of human and material obsolescence, America eats her history alive."

-- Gail Sheehy

#America Quotes #History Quotes #Principles Quotes

“When I worked on the polio vaccine, I had a theory. I guided each [experiment] by imagining myself in the phenomenon in which I was interested. The intuitive realm . . . the realm of the imagination guides my thinking.”
“Charity is to will and do what is just and right in every transaction.”
“About half of all people don't take medications like they're supposed to.”

Source : "Arphid Watch: Ingestable RFID pills" by Bruce Sterling, www.wired.com. October 10, 2012.
“We are not primarily called to do something or go somewhere; we are called to Someone.”

Source : Os Guinness (2008). “Rising to the Call”, p.40, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.”
“In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world, could flee from death. That was the deceit. The true serpent in the garden.”
“The gods tempt us. They offer us riches and sweet smelling women, tres leches, each milk sweeter than the one before. But you cannot beat the gods. The grander house and the bigger deal only mean more borrowed time, more risk. When you build your life on a house of cards, you never know when the joker will turn up.”
“I love sea salt spray but I hate being salty from the ocean, so I'll always shower after surfing, shampoo and condition my hair and then put in the salt spray. It's sort of a reverse cycle, but I just can't do the natural sea salt - it just feels too crunchy to go out with.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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