"The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food. Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness."

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Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.394

William Winwood Reade

#Curiosity Quotes #Inquiry Quotes #Genius Quotes

“The blooming of a flower is, in my mind, not a miracle. It's something that we can understand on the basis of molecular biology these days”
“Retailing is a unique destination. What you need is stronger critical mass.”
“I lost my innocence at age eight, so I decided to do the same to as many young girls as I could.”
“I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.”
“I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I'm not very patient myself. But I think that I've learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it's the right time.”

Source : "Chairman of LVMH, Bernard Arnault Talk Asia Interview Transcript". "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2005.
“We are just interested in dealing with the people were paying every day. We know federal law allows them to vote in a union at anytime, but we think we can resist that by talking to our own people and giving them enough upside.”

Source : "ON THE RECORD: DAVID NEELEMAN / Jetblue Airways". www.sfgate.com. September 12, 2004.
“I want to help put some of the pieces together for people. I want to empower people so they don't have to keep going to others outside of themselves for guidance.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.”

Source : FaceBook post by Aretha Franklin from Aug 30, 2011

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