"Science has discovered much. The engineering is wonderful, epicycles and all. And yet, as we look at this vast, elaborate structure built on layer and layer of complex constituents, can we help but be reminded of the Land of Oz. Have we found the Emerald City? Is this what we were searching for? Is this the ultimate fabric of reality? Is this all there is?"

-- Walker Evans

#Reality Quotes #Engineering Quotes #Land Quotes

“We are bid to take, not to make our cross.”
“My writing has a lot of surprising twists,”
“One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.”

Source : John Foster (1849). “The life and thoughts of John Foster”, p.266
“A skittish motorbike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation, to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness.”
“The choices we make when we're broken are sometimes the most awful of all our choices.”
“A friend of mine once said that there were only two truly national events in the history of the United States. One was the Civil War and the other one was the Depression.”
“I'm dating my celebrity crush!”
“I learned that there's no reason why people decide they like music when they do.”

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