"My reflection, when I first made myself master of the central idea of the 'Origin', was, 'How extremely stupid not to have thought of that!'"

-- Thomas Huxley

#Stupid Quotes #Science Quotes #Reflection Quotes

“People turned around and came back to watch. An enormous crowd formed. Ampol Oil took films. When we left Australia, we also left our boards for the Aussies. Those films were shown all over the country to different clubs. The films and our boards became the basis for the modern surfboard movement in Australia.”

Source : Greg Noll, Andrea Gabbard (1989). “Da Bull: Life Over the Edge”, p.71, North Atlantic Books
“I graduate with honors. I balled Nead O'Connor. I did a free style then I got a shoutout from Obama.”
“Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.”
“If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, - it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labour might be necessary to procure it.”
“I was a hostess, I sold shoes, but I don't function well in jobs that don't have to do with what I love. I have cleaned bathrooms in theaters, I have sold wine in theaters, I have sold tickets, because I will do anything, anything, to stay in this world.”
“Certain people are for me and certain people are pro me.”
“The birds fly in the wrong places and there are too many stars in the sky.”
“When you are doing God's will everything seems to happen without much effort or many obstacles.”

Source : Mary C. Neal, M.D. (2012). “To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story”, p.12, WaterBrook

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