"No planet is more earth-like than Earth itself, so if life really does pop up readily in earth-like conditions, then surely it should have arisen many times right here on our home planet? And how do we know it didn't? The truth is, nobody has looked."

-- Paul Davies

#Home Quotes #Earth Quotes #Doe Quotes

“All the really great records or people who made them somehow came from Memphis or Louisiana or somewhere along the Mississippi River...And singers like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters gave me the feeling that they were right there, standing by the river.”
“What man so wise, what earthly wit so ware, As to descry the crafty cunning train, By which deceit doth mask in visor fair, And cast her colours dyed deep in grain, To seem like truth, whose shape she well can feign, And fitting gestures to her purpose frame, The guiltless man with guile to entertain?”
“Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from”
“Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative.”

Source : Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.275, A&C Black
“"Thinking" is not something we talk about.”
“Not everyone's life will be a great love story.”

Source : Scott Hutchins (2012). “A Working Theory of Love: A Novel”, p.9, Penguin
“I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.”
“One reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist I have the advantage of information about my patients that most people are not privy to. And I discover that we rarely if ever see the totality of another in ordinary social intercourse. When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person, elicited by a particular set of circumstances on a particular day, and we do well to wait a while before concluding that what we see is the whole person.”

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