"Few have heard of Fra Luca Pacioli, the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping; but he has probably had much more influence on human life than has Dante or Michelangelo."

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Source : Uses of the Past ch. 8 (1957)

Herbert J. Muller

#Influence Quotes #Human Life Quotes #Inventor Quotes

“...if you've never been cussed out by a Siamese, you don't know what profanity is all about!”

Source : Lilian Jackson Braun (1986). “The Cat Who Saw Red”, p.8, Penguin
“If it doesn't swim, run, or fly, or isn't green and grow in the ground, don't eat it.”
“We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He's more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.”
“I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the race problem in the United States.”
“Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.”
“A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how that happens, but I'm sure it has an inner basis that is never learned.”
“To me the thing with 'Grease' was that it was the first movie that as a kid I wanted to get up and do what they were doing.”
“I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.”

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