"What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do."

-- Josh Billings

#Wise Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“To begin with, the key principle of American indie rock wasn't a circumscribed musical style; it was the punk ethos of DIY, or do-it-yourself. Â The equation was simple: Â If punk was rebellious and DIY was rebellious, then doing it yourself was punk. Â 'Punk was about more than just starting a band,' former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt once said, 'it was about starting a label, it was about touring, it was about taking control. Â It was like songwriting; you just do it. Â You want a record, you pay the pressing plant. Â That's what it was all about.'”
“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?”

Source : "Song: 'Wernher von Braun'". 1965.
“Whatever the needs of family members may be, we can strengthen our families as we follow the counsel given by prophets.”
“Hervé has that sex appeal. Certain bodies need Hervé Léger badly because you have to reformulate the silhouette.”

Source : "Max Azria on BCBG vs. Hervé Léger" by Leah Melby Clinton, www.elle.com. February 9, 2013.
“If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.”
“Even in my dreams, Iâ€™m an idiot who knows heâ€™s about to wake up to reality.”
“I used to not like being called a 'woman architect.' I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. The guys used to tap me on the head and say 'you're OK for a girl.' But I see an incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it can be done, so I don't mind anymore.”

Source : "At last, it's Zaha Hadid's time to shine" by Becky Anderson, www.cnn.com. August 8, 2012.
“We can't all be Einstein (because we don't all play the violin). At the very least, we need a sort of street-smart science: the ability to recognize evidence, gather it, assess it, and act on it.”

Source : Judith Stone (1991). “Light Elements: Essays in Science from Gravity to Levity”, Ballantine Books

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