Source : Tony Horwitz (2010). “Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War”, p.247, Vintage
#Thinking Quotes #Cities Quotes #Rebel Quotes
“The most used piece of kit in my kitchen is my saucepan. I use it every morning to cook my porridge in. The least used piece of equipment? I'd say a food mixer. I've never used it, I don't really know what they're for.”
“Those who live are those who fight.”
“Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.”
“The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development”
Source : Christopher Flavin (1986). “Electricity for a developing world: new directions”, Worldwatch Inst
“It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.”
“Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.”
“It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the more differently I see.”
“Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.”
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