"After all, itâ€™s what weâ€™ve done that makes us what we are."

-- Jim Croce

“The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying it. Thus, the scientific innovator may feel all the more lonely and uncertain.”
“True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.”
“Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian.”
“Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is addicted to certain substances.”

Source : "A Don Winslow on his amazing new book ‘The Cartel’ and America’s drug war". Interview with Drew Mcweeny, uproxx.com. July 01, 2015.
“We must hold fast to the austere but true doctrine as to what really governs politics and saves or destroys states. Having in mind things true, things elevated, things just, things pure, things amiable, things of good report; having these in mind, studying and loving these, is what saves states.”
“I can picture the color of the song, or the shape of it, or who it is that I'm trying to appeal to, in the song, and what I'm trying to, almost, reinforce my feelings for. And I know that sounds sort of vague and abstract, but I've got a handle on it when I'm doing it.”
“As much as I try to grow as a lyricist, I tend to laugh at even calling myself that, because I think that my actual talents lie more in arrangements than they do words.”
“Science ... is organized common sense.”

Source : Joseph Alexander Leighton (1919). “The field of philosophy: an outline of lectures on introduction to philosophy”

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