"I think that the worst unpleasantness of age is not its final fact ... but the tediousness of preparation, the accumulating number of defeats."

-- Freya Stark

#Thinking Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.”

Source : "Surfer-Physicist's Unified Theory Leads to Fame, Backlash". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. February 27, 2008.
“This is what Christians consider themselves: perfected Jews.”
“Fear is never a good enough reason to do nothing”
“Half of what we know is wrong, the purpose of science is to determine which half.”

Source : Robert Andrews Millikan (1924). “The electron, its isolation and measurement ant the determination of some of its properties”
“Obviously this person's a hazard. Stupid people are dangerous.”
“People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.”
“An armed society is a free society.”
“Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.”

Source : Robertson Davies (1992). “The Cornish Trilogy”, Penguin Group USA

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