"A pilgrimage is an admirable remedy for over-fastidiousness and sickly refinement."

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Source : Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.46

Henry Theodore Tuckerman

#Travel Quotes #Refinement Quotes #Admirable Quotes

“You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.”
“That conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid.”
“I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.”
“Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs.”
“Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you're in it, but the longer you stay, the more wrinkled you get.”
“Fun can be a great motivator.”
“Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.”

Source : Homer Hickam (1999). “Rocket Boys”, p.173, Dell
“I like solving problems, and science provides a logical way of solving real-life problems.”

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