"Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed."

-- Cato the Elder

#Thinking Quotes #Carthage Quotes

“When we come to the Babylonian Gemara, we are dealing with what most people understand when they speak or write of the Talmud. Its birthplace, Babylonia, was an autonomous Jewish centre for a longer period than any other land; namely, from soon after 586 before the Christian era to the year 1040 after the Christian era - 1626 years.”

Source : Isidore Epstein, Joseph Herman Hertz (1935). “The Babylonian Talmud ...: Baba Kamma”
“I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading.”
“Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.”

Source : Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”
“I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.”
“When did the word 'temperament' come into fashion with us? Perhaps it came in when we discovered that artists were human beings.”
“My strengthsâ€”which are really quite modestâ€”are limited to me, but with my weaknesses the possibilities are boundless.”
“Frugality, I've learned, has its own cost, one that sometimes lasts forever.”
“The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.”

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