"Whatever humans have learned had to be learned as a consequence only of trial and error experience. Humans have learned only through mistakes."

-- R. Buckminster Fuller

#Inspirational Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Errors Quotes

“How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.”
“To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible, without any charity, to avoid rendering evil for evil. But to render, spontaneously, good for evil - such belongs to a perfect spiritual love.”
“By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.”

Source : John Maynard Keynes (2016). “The Economic Consequences of the Peace”, p.121, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.”
“The spectacle is capital accumulated to the point where it becomes image.”

Source : "The Society of the Spectacle". Book by Guy Debord translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith (p. 34), 1995.
“Whatever I'm working on, I get excited. It does not matter whether I have done the same piece many times. I still can't wait to get out to the shop in the morning.”
“I am Cyrus, king of the world...”

Source : Inscription on the Cyrus Cylinder, as translated at Livius.org, www.livius.org. 538 B.C.E..
“Eradication of this unquenchable shrub [tamarisk] will save water, lower salinity levels and create a more congenial habitat for the Southwest Willow Flycatcher and a number of other riparian species.”

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