"Nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done, and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else."

-- Francis Cornford

#Long Quotes #Done Quotes #Ought Quotes

“I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldnâ€™t be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet â€“ only science would put them on the same tree.”

Source : Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.15, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow.”

Source : Edward Hoagland (1992). “Balancing acts: essays”
“Being a sociologist means never having to be bored”
“When the judge calls the criminal's name out he stands up, and they are immediately linked by a strange biology that makes them both opposite and complementary. The one cannot exist without the other. Which is the sun and which is the shadow? It's well known some criminals have been great men.”

Source : Jean Genet, Edmund White (1993). “The selected writings of Jean Genet”, Ecco Pr
“You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time.”
“I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work.”
“Everything you have, whether it's money or stuff, is an obligation. It is as much your duty to care for and nurture any object you own as it would be if that object were your child. All possessions come with responsibilities. More possessions equals greater responsibility.”
“All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.”

Source : Ugo Betti (1964). “Struggle Till Dawn”, San Francisco, Chandler

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