"So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem."

-- William H. Whyte

#Taken Quotes #Problem Quotes #Combat Quotes

“From a consideration of the immense volume of newly discovered facts in the field of physics, especially atomic physics, in recent years it might well appear to the layman that the main problems were already solved and that only more detailed work was necessary.”
“But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction.”

Source : Joseph Rotblat, Daisaku Ikeda (2007). “A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat”, p.129, I.B.Tauris
“Some people are in charge of pens who shouldn't be in charge of brooms.”
“Suspend for a moment your disbelief and encounter once again the sense of wonder you knew when there was... magic!”
“I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.”

Source : Interview with Carlo Cavagna, www.aboutfilm.com. January, 2006.
“Christ not only died for all: He died for each.”
“I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They're hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since.”

Source : "The Legend Of Bob Metcalfe" by Scott Kirsner, www.wired.com. November 01, 1998.
“I usually get recognized for Spaceballs.”

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