"I think the trick with knowledge is to â€œacquire it, and forget all except the perfumeâ€ - because it is noisy and sometimes drowns out one's own â€œbrain voicesâ€. The perfume part is important because it will help find the knowledge again to help get to the destinations the inner urges pick."

-- Alan Kay

#Thinking Quotes #Voice Quotes #Brain Quotes

“No one ever thinks they’re awful, even people who really actually are. It’s some sort of survival mechanism.”

Source : Emily St. John Mandel (2014). “Station Eleven: A novel”, p.110, Vintage
“Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.”
“I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.”
“I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned.”
“And you, whiner, who wastes your time Dawdling over the remorseless earth, What evil, what unspeakable crime Have you made your life worth?”
“You like me, You really like me!!!”
“All work and no play doesn't just make Jill and Jack dull, it kills the potential of discovery, mastery, and openness to change and flexibility and it hinders innovation and invention.”

Source : Joline Godfrey (1992). “Our wildest dreams: women entrepreneurs making money, having fun, doing good”, HarperCollins Publishers
“It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.”

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