"When a private talk over a bottle of wine is broadcast on the radio, what can it mean but that the world is turning into a concentration camp?"

-- Milan Kundera

#Mean Quotes #Wine Quotes #Bottles Quotes

“There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”
“I believe in clear-cut positions. I think that the most arrogant position is this apparent, multidisciplinary modesty of "what I am saying now is not unconditional, it is just a hypothesis," and so on. It really is a most arrogant position. I think that the only way to be honest and expose yourself to criticism is to state clearly and dogmatically where you are. You must take the risk and have a position.”
“The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity.”
“No matter what lens you use, no matter what speed the film, no matter how you develop it, no matter how you print it, you cannot say more than you can see.”
“This is exciting, it is bold and it is absolutely necessary if we are to have any chance of stopping potentially catastrophic changes to our climate system.”
“I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'”
“Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.”
“I've always thought that one of the the great thing about physics is that you can add more digits to any numberÂ and see what happens and nobody can stop you.”

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