"Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some times make claims that are misunderstood by the public."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

George Coyne

#Misunderstood Quotes #Hubris Quotes #Scientist Quotes

“C'm'on lefties! Admit that Trump has been very tough on China. He has been especially tough on Chinese kids who slave away in sweatboxes, making his clothing lines.”
“When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art.”
“The French selectors never do anything by halves; for the first international of the season against Ireland they dropped half the three-quarter line.”
“There is an art to grieving. To grieve well the loss of anyone or anything--a parent, a love, a child, an era, a home, a job--is a creative act. It takes attention and patience and courage. But many of us do not know how to grieve. We were never taught, and we don't see examples of full-bodied grieving around us. Our culture favors the fast-food model of mourning--get over it quick and get back to work; affix the bandage of "closure" and move on.”
“Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.”

Source : FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Aug 19, 2013
“Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.”

Source : George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.424
“The body is the substance of the stone.”
“There is always a subjective aspect in landscape art, something in the picture that tells us as much about who is behind the camera as about what is in front of it.”

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