"...learning chiefly in mathematical sciences can so swallow up and fix one's thought, as to possess it entirely for some time; but when that amusement is over, nature will return, and be where it was, being rather diverted than overcome by such speculations."

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Source : Gilbert Burnet (1745). “An Exposition of the Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of England”, p.176

Gilbert Burnet

#Return Quotes #Overcoming Quotes #Amusement Quotes

“I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.”
“A good many established writers seem to have the feeling that some day they are going to be found out, revealed as frauds.”
“Be what ya is, 'cause if ya be what you ain't, ya ain't what ya is.”
“Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener.”
“I am sick and tired of the hollow parrot-cry of "Apartheid!" I've said many times that the word "Apartheid" means good neighbourliness.”

Source : "Country of My Skull" by Antjie Krog, Random House, (p. 270), 1998.
“If everybody's not a beauty, then nobody is”
“My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.”
“I don't Twitter, I don't MyFace, I don't Yearbook,”

Source : "Bill Belichick Pokes Fun At Athletes' Obsession With Twitter" by Jeff Greenwell, www.businessinsider.com. August 1, 2011.

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