"As an evolutionary biologist, I have learned over the years that most people do not want to see themselves as lumbering robots programmed to ensure the survival of their genes. I don't think they will want to see themselves as digital computers either. To be told by someone with impeccable scientific credentials that they are nothing of the kind can only be pleasing."

-- John Maynard Smith

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #People Quotes

“Of course, in order to make art, the frustration of not working has to be greater than the frustration of working.”

Source : "Master Interview; Jerry Uelsmann". Interview with Chris Maher and Larry Berman, www.shutterbug.com. September 1, 2007.
“We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.”
“The thing about crazy people; they don't know they are crazy, that's what make them crazy.”
“Even his highly emotional Italian mother didn't believe that true love could blossom overnight. Like his brothers and sisters-in-law, she wanted nothing more for him than to marry and start a family, but if he showed up at her doorstep and said that he'd met someone two days ago and knew she was the one for him, his mother would smack him with a broom, curse in Italian, and drag him to church, sure that he had some serious sins that needed confessing.”
“To love someone, why do you need society's approval and permission?”
“Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.”

Source : Dick Francis (1969). “Three to show: a trilogy”, Harpercollins
“All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem.”
“People who have memorized your songs-how can you not love them?”

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