"By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same as two dimes and a nickel? But then she asked a question of her own: How do they weigh a hummingbird?"

-- Calvin Trillin

#Thinking Quotes #Two Quotes #Dimes Quotes

“What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.”
“One of the things I preach to all my staff is never be frightened to make a decision.”
“I was making commercials. That's how I learned the craft. That was the marketing part of it: directing commercial for TV. It wasn't the most common thing to become a filmmaker in Greece. I started by saying I was interested in marketing and have a proper job in advertising and commercials. Basically, I studied film to learn how to do marketing, and commercials. As I studied film I learned I'd be interested in making films instead of commercials.”
“Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.”

Source : "Laura Robson has attitude to excel at Wimbledon says Lindsay Davenport" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2010.
“A knife is neither true nor false, but anyone impaled on its blade is in error.”

Source : Rene Daumal (2004). “Mount Analogue”, p.37, The Overlook Press
“Cut my pie into four pieces, I donâ€™t think I could eat eight.”
“Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.”
“I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.”

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