"My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company."

-- Larry Page

#Thinking Quotes #Iron Quotes #Grandfather Quotes

“The Imagination merely enables us to wander into the darkness of the unknown where, by the dim light of the knowledge we carry, we may glimpse something that seems of interest. But when we bring it out and examine it more closely it usually proves to be only trash whose glitter had caught our attention. Imagination is at once the source of all hope and inspiration but also of frustration. To forget this is to court despair.”

Source : William Ian Beardmore Beveridge (1950). “The Art of Scientific Investigation”
“New York's home. It's everything I'd want it to be. It's the most inspiring city I've ever been to, and I haven't been everywhere in the world, but I've been to quite a few places.”
“I train for about an hour five days a week and feel I'm in the best shape I've ever been. I can eat what I want and that includes scoffing half a big bar of Cadbury's a day.”
“Don't be afraid, just play the music.”
“I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.”
“When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene.”
“All novels are experimental.”
“Teaching is very important to me, and it has become more important as I get older.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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