"The main, as well as the least obvious, achievement of the Middle Ages was the creation of the experimental spirit and this was primarily due to the Muslims down to the 12th century."

-- George Sarton

#Achievement Quotes #Age Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“Like, Mission Of Burma to me always sounded almost like they were part of the British Arty New Wave. I kind of like that. I like not being able to tell the difference.”
“The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.”
“Nobody seriously questions the principle that it is the function of mass culture to maintain public morale, and certainly nobody in the mass audience objects to having his morale maintained.”

Source : Robert Warshow (1962). “The Immediate Experience: Movies, Comics, Theatre & Other Aspects of Popular Culture”, p.98, Harvard University Press
“Be happy, and a reason will come along.”
“The world, the human world, is bound together not by protons and electrons, but by stories. Nothing has meaning in itself: all the objects in the world would be shards of bare mute blankness, spinning wildly out of orbit, if we didn't bind them together with stories.”

Source : Brian Morton (1999). “Starting Out in the Evening”, Berkley Publishing Group
“You need not be sorry for her. She was one of the kind that likes to grow up. In the end she grew up of her own free will a day quicker than the other girls.”
“I hate when people call me 'The Boz'.”
“You can't hold on to a grievance and be happy. Time to make a choice!”

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