"I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good uses, it is abused quite a lot."

-- Alan Lightman

#Communication Quotes #Philosophical Quotes #Taken Quotes

“I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.”
“Some things are sent to test us. Clearly you must be good at problem solving if you are being set tough exams.”
“People trust that a guy who can bring up two kids on his own might be able to help them.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“One who knows nothing can understand nothing”

Source : "Fictional character: Ansem". Video Game "Kingdom Hearts", www.imdb.com. September 17, 2002.
“No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species.”
“I don't think theory adds to criticism. (Methodology does, for better or worse.) Theory's function is to make criticism self-conscious, maybe even a little sheepish, about its ex cathedra pronouncements.”
“The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.”

Source : Kathleen Norris (1998). “The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy, and "women's Work"”, p.15, Paulist Press
“Unable to maintain their government-granted monopoly, the powerful railroad interests turned to government to do the regulating and price-fixing which they were unable to do themselves. In fact, the pressure that induced Congress to enact the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 did not come from reformers bemoaning abuses by the powerful railroad interests; it came from the railroad interests themselves, asking Congress to shield them against the harsh winds of competition.”

Source : Dan Smoot (1973). “The BUSINESS END of Government”

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