"There is a time in science when it's too early to attack a problem. The stuff has to bubble a bit more and you have to be able to have the foundation on which to stand."

-- Nils John Nilsson

#Foundation Quotes #Able Quotes #Stuff Quotes

“Text is the gateway drug to real time marketing.”
“I don't think I do have a soul.”
“What does she (J. K. Rowling) hope people will take with them about this time? â€œWhen all the fuss and hoopla dies away, and when all the press commentary dies away, I think it will be seen that this phenomenon was generated, in the first instance, by kids loving a book. A book went on shelves, and a few people loved it. When all of the smoke and lights die away, thatâ€™s what youâ€™ll be left with. â€œAnd thatâ€™s the most wonderful thought for an author.”

Source : Melissa Anelli (2011). “Harry, A History - Enhanced with Videos and Exclusive J.K. Rowling Interview: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life”, p.313, Simon and Schuster
“But there's wisdom in women, of more than they have known, And thoughts go blowing through them, are wiser than their own.”

Source : 1913 'There's Wisdom in Women'.
“The blues scale was the first thing I learned. It's just a pentatonic scale with a flat seventh and a few notes that sound cool when you bend them. And because people have amalgamated the blues into this rock-blues scale, if you're using it, you better sound like a real authentic blues player.”
“Startups should be, if you graph their financial performance, it should be what's called a J curve. You start out at zero, you're not making any money, you're not losing any money.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved.”
“Schoolchildren make up their own rules and enforce their own conformities. They feel safest when leisure time is rationed and dosed. They like to wear uniforms, and they frown on personal idiosyncrasies. Deviance is the mark of an outsider.”

Source : Louise J. Kaplan (1995). “Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood”, Touchstone Books

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