"The late Richard Feynman, a superb physicist, said once as we talked about the laser that the way to tell a great idea is that, when people hear it, they say, 'Gee, I could have thought of that.'"

-- Charles Hard Townes

#Ideas Quotes #People Quotes #Richard Feynman Quotes

“If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor do not know, that's mystery!”
“Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame - illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.”
“I came to a clear conclusion, and it is a universal one: To live, to struggle, to be in love with life--in love with all life holds, joyful or sorrowful--is fulfillment. The fullness of life is open to all of us.”
“So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.”
“The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.”
“He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.”

Source : "Arabian Society In The Middle Ages". Book by by Edward William Lane, 1883.
“Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.”

Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. May 17, 2002.
“Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.”

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