"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men."

-- Francis Bacon

#Men Quotes #Judging Quotes #Merit Quotes

“Heed not Mephistopheles, my children, lest you suffer eternal damnation. When he whispers in your ear, turn away your head and hearken instead to the angel on your shoulder.”
“[Judge and Jury] is outstanding. I have learned more about the history of baseball, true history, than from anything I have ever read or heard about. [It's] research and documentation clarifies so many of the personalities and events that took place before 'my time' in the game. Jacques Barzun's quote: 'Whoever would know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball' should be supplanted by [this] biography of Landis.”
“I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.”
“I wonder how often in the past I may have missed the good in people because I pre-judged, based on the differences?”
“I think, in terms of the media, journalists need to do a much better job of asking people they interview about conflicts of interest and then reporting them.”

Source : "The Food Industry's Influence In Nutrition Research". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. September 17, 2016.
“The way to get motivated and stay motivated is to identify, define, and emotionally connect to your dreams.”
“I’ve always liked edges, places where one thing becomes another…… transition zones, boundaries and borderlands. I like the mixing that happens, the juxtapositions, the collisions and connections. I like the way they help me see the world from a fresh angle.”

Source : Philip Connors (2011). “Fire Season: Field notes from a wilderness lookout”, p.124, Pan Macmillan
“With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.”

Source : Charles Churchill, William Tooke (1844). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill”, p.252, London : W. Pickering

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