"Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!"

-- Ed Koch

#Manhattan Quotes

“What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one's life.”
“Developing concern for others, thinking of them as part of us, brings self-confidence , reduces our sense of suspicion and mistrust, and enables us to develop a calm mind.”
“Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.”
“I want the viewer to be overwhelmed. I want the space to feel like it is caving in on the viewer and that they are forcibly entering the world of my paintings. I want there to be a feeling of overpowering decadence to the work, that is almost too much to take. I don't want them to be subtle.”
“Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.”

Source : Jimmy Carter (1994). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, p.15, University of Arkansas Press
“The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.”

Source : "The Astounding Impact of Innovative Technology in the Developing World" by Rev. Larry Hollon, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 2013.
“One of the great weaknesses of the progressive, as distinct from the religious, mind, is that it has no awareness of truth as such; only of truth in terms of enlightened expediency. The contrast is well exemplified in two exact contemporaries Simone Weil and Simone de Beauvoir; both highly intelligent and earnestly disposed. In all the fearful moral dilemmas of our time, Simone Weil never once went astray, whereas Simone de Beauvoir, with I am sure the best of intentions, has found herself aligned with apologists for some of the most monstrous barbarities and falsehoods of history.”
“How come I have too many things to do all the time...??”

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