"The eyes of childhood are magnifying lenses."

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Source : Edward Teller, Judith Schoolery (2009). “Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey in Science and Politics”, p.5, Basic Books

Edward Teller

#Eye Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Lenses Quotes

“The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift, That no philosophy can lift.”
“Now people are really inspired to do a lot, and the fire got lit under our ***** to be more politically aware and be more politically involved in our community and pay more attention to what's going on.”
“Because we don't see the evil destroyed now and thus experience the suffering that evil inevitably inflicts, we are tempted to doubt God's existence and goodness.”
“To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness.”
“I make the case in the book that Standard English, that language we all aspire to live and move and have our being within, is actually based on a fiction. It's not anyone's native way of speaking or writing. That's why we have to take classes in it. Language is just really squishy.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“Cover your glass in France or Germany --even worse, in England - and in the voice of someone who has personally affronted, your host will ask why you're not drinking. 'Oh, I just don't feel like it this morning.' 'Why not?' 'I guess I'm not in the mood?' 'Well, this'll put you in the mood. Here. Drink up.' 'No, really, I'm OK.' 'Just taste it.' 'Actually, I'm sort of...well, I sort of have a problem with it.' 'Then how about half a glass?”
“Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.”
“I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. June 1, 2008.

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