"At a given instant everything the surgeon knows suddenly becomes important to the solution of the problem. You can't do it an hour later, or tomorrow. Nor can you go to the library and look it up."

-- John W. Kirklin

#Knowledge Quotes #Library Quotes #Important Quotes

“We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?”
“A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.”
“I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does.”
“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”

Source : Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1996). “Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy”, p.63, Harvard University Press
“Id like to be a lion... they are very family-oriented. Unfortunately. too many wild animals are afraid at what man can do to them.”
“What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?”
“I don't really like the world 'muse.'”
“Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.”

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