"Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning."

-- Felix Baumgartner

#Crazy Quotes #Past Quotes #Skills Quotes

“It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything affects you â€“ that closes the loop on pecuniary self-interest. Customers are always right, but people aren't.”

Source : Eli Pariser (2011). “The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think”, p.21, Penguin
“Government is a parasite-a cancer that by nature tries to spread deeper into society. Those who want to run others' lives won't give up and start minding their own business.”
“For, "Yes," he had sighed on his dying breath, and all knew that was the ultimate prayer one could offer to life.”
“Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world!”
“I think Girls is pretty brilliant.”
“I have like 10 different processes I go to. My favorite one is to just go to an obscure neighborhood I haven't been to in decades and just wander around.”
“In many cases, ignorance is a good thingÂ : the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads that lead nowhither, suggested by one's reading. I have experienced this once again. ... Yes, ignorance can have its advantages; the new is found far from the beaten track.”

Source : Jean-Henri Fabre (1911). “Souvenirs Entomologiques”, London : A. and C. Black
“The less you know, the more you believe.”

Source : "Song: "Last Night on Earth" (Album: "21st Century Breakdown")". 2009.

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