"Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves. "We watch television," Dave said."

-- Jack McDevitt

#Watches Quotes #Television Quotes #Dave Quotes

“The only people who try to tell you that you canâ€™t do something, are the people who have failed”
“[Walter Burns is] the archetypal managing editor-ruthless, self-righteous, manipulative, downright maniacal if it means an exclusive, especially one that it can congratulate itself for on its own front page.”
“A group of us are going to do something.”
“Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.”
“You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not from the lowest practices of some of its adherents.”
“Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the system of procession of events and the harmony of the whole Universe, if only we face the facts, as they say, "with eyes wide open."”
“We have hands that must work, brains that must think, and personalities that must be developed.”

Source : Jill Lepore (2014). “The Secret History of Wonder Woman”, p.257, Vintage
“Cynics know the answers without having penetrated deeply enough to know the questions. When challenged by mysterious truths, they marshall 'facts.”

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