"But, lady, as women, what wisdom may be ours if not the philosophies of the kitchen? Lupercio Leonardo spoke well when he said: 'how well one may philosophize when preparing dinner.' And I often say, when observing these trivial details: had Aristotle prepared vituals [sic], he would have written more."

-- Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz

#Philosophy Quotes #Kitchen Quotes #Details Quotes

“Stars in the night,' he said. 'Something something something something, some delight”
“I think we may very well, in many areas, get likelihood, but not certitude. We don't want certitude anyway, do we?”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
“Someone should keep reminding Mr. Average Man that he was born free, divine, strong; uncrushable by fate, society, or hell itself; and that he is a child of God, equal heir to all the bounties of God; and that goodness is riches, kindness is power, and freedom is glory. Above all, every man is born with an inner capacity to take him as far as his imagination can dream or envision-providing he is free to dream and envision.”
“Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle.”
“Slow motion gets you there faster.”
“No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.”
“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.”
“If you are too fond of new remedies, first you will not cure your patients; secondly, you will have no patients to cure.”

Source : The Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery with Additional Notes and Cases by Frederick Tyrell, Vol. 2. Thomas and George Underwood, London (1824) (Description of the first ligation of the aorta in (1817) for left femoral aneurysm)

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