"Science is an excellent piece of furniture to have in the second story, providing that you have common sense on the ground floor."

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Source : Alan Chadwick (2008). “Performance in the Garden: A Collection of Talks on Biodynamic French Intensive Horticulture”, Logosophia

Alan Chadwick

#Common Sense Quotes #Stories Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“Reading isn't the opposite of doing, it's the opposite of dying.”

Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.11, Vintage
“Overcome the Empyrean; hurl Heaven and Earth out of their places, That in the same calamity Brother and brother, friend and friend, Family and family, City and city may contend.”
“Many who wave American flags also practice discrimination on the basis of race. Many who wave American flags practice anti-Semitism. We think that betrays the fundamental ideals of our democracy.”
“I actually think I'm more of a turtle than Verne is. Where Verne is up on two legs and moving at full speed and doesn't pull his head into the shell very often, I in reality was five or ten minutes later to every recording session.”
“[On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize:] I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without considering it for the Booker Prize.”
“Violence isn't the only answer, but it is the final answer.”
“My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts.”
“I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.”

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