"The Chinese had gunpowder, but it didn't occur to them to put it in a gun. They possessed the compass but didn't go anywhere. They invented paper, printing, and a written form of their language, but hardly anyone in China was taught to read."

-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Gun Quotes #Chinese Quotes #Paper Quotes

“I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.”
“Save the time of the reader, for it is valuable”
“If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exists.”
“Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.”

Source : Nikola Tesla (2013). “The Wireless Tesla”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
“I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.”

Source : Deanna Raybourn (2009). “The Lady Julia Grey Bundle: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.867, MIRA
“I would show my jobs to my mother, and she would always say the same thing: "That's nice dear". And then she would say: "Did you write it or did you do the drawing?" or "Did you take the pictures?" I'd always answer "no", then I realized the problem. My answer was then, "I made this happen". It's called design.”
“The goal of the future is full unemployment”

Source : "Los Angeles Free Press" Interview, (pp. p. 42-43, 47), April 25, 1969.
“Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity.”

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