"I believe that anyone who flies in an airplane and doesn't spend most of his time looking out the window wastes his money."

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Source : Marc Reisner (1993). “Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition”, p.14, Penguin

Marc Reisner

#Believe Quotes #Airplane Quotes #Waste Quotes

“Music becomes very personal. When you marry a message you want to send out into the world with good music, all of a sudden you have a very potent way of delivering your message.”
“Seventy million books in America's libraries, but the one you want to read is always out.”
“The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct”
“It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.”
“Go for vitality, not comfort.”

Source : Nicholas Lore (2012). “The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success”, p.30, Simon and Schuster
“Man's the bad child of the universe”

Source : James Oppenheim (1916). “War and Laughter”
“I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.”
“Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling creation with blue-green, white-tipped icing waves swimming with fish and sailboats, seals and sea flowers. But I push my way through the crowd to confirm what I knew at first sight. As surely as the embroidery stitches in Annie's gown were done by Cinna's hand, the frosted flowers on the cake were done by Peeta's.”

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