"One has to kill a few of one’s natural selves to let the rest grow — a very painful slaughter of innocents."

-- Henry Sidgwick

#Self Quotes #Painful Quotes #Natural Quotes

“Big data is indeed a buzzword but it is one that is frankly under-hyped.”
“Not a week goes by without my learning something new about golf. That means, of course, that I was ignorant of eight things about golf two months ago. Extend that process back nearly twenty years and the result is an impressive accumulation of ignorance.”

Source : Peter Dobereiner (1981). “The World of Golf: The Best of Peter Dobereiner”
“Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.”
“It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture.”
“The Middle Ages burned its heretics and the modern age threatens them with atom bombs.”

Source : Harold A. Innis, Daniel Drache (1995). “Staples, Markets, and Cultural Change: Selected Essays”, p.17, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
“Money is like manure; itâ€™s not worth a thing unless itâ€™s spread around.”
“When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.”
“Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. Thereâ€™s a punk glee inside the bluegrass craftâ€“and a punk vehemence inside the bluegrass smile.”

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