"Most burning issues generate far more heat than light."

-- Roger von Oech

#Light Quotes #Issues Quotes #Burning Quotes

“One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers.”

Source : "Let’s Shake Up the Social Sciences". www.nytimes.com. July 19, 2013.
“And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.”
“Of course, China is a key to the North Korea if we're going to solve that riddle, but they could also be helpful on Iraq, which is why it's important that we maintain a constructive dialogue with China.”
“The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus.”
“Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine.”

Source : Esi Edugyan (2012). “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.37, Macmillan
“I'm so high, it's so lonely up here”

Source : Song: My Kitchen
“Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.”
“Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.”

Source : Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason (1851). “The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds”, p.294

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