"But I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble."

-- Carl Sagan

#Science Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“You think that it must be great to be Superman but it's also hard to be Superman, especially when growing up.”

Source : Source: www.denofgeek.com
“Welcome to adulthood." Cob said. "Every child finds a day when the realize that adults can be weak and wrong just like everyone else. After that day, you are an adult. Like it or not.”
“It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant to know that there's no omniscient, omnipotent prime mover in the universe who loves you personally. It's not sad to feel that life and the love of your real friends and family is more than enough to make life worth living. Isn't it much sadder to feel that there is a more important love required than the love of the people who have chosen to spend their limited time with you?”
“I don't have to change the world all by myself, I just need to partner in the work God wants us to do.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.”
“The critic is beneath the maker, but is his needed friend. The critic is not a base caviler, but the younger brother of genius. Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty. And of making others appreciate it ...”
“Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.”

Source : James Stephens (1962). “A James Stephens Reader”
“As an amateur, you may envy the professional, wishing you could combine business with pleasure into a kind of full-time hobby, using professional equipment and facilities. However, the professional knows that much of the hidden advantage of being amateur is the freedom you have to shoot what and when you like.”

Source : Michael Langford (1998). “Advanced Photography”, p.18, Taylor & Francis

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