"Simplify, simplify, simplify."

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Philosophical Quotes #Simplify Quotes

“What's the last thing a drummer says in a band: Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?”
“I was a bullfighter. I'd like to see the tradition continue. I'm sorry that Catalonia is robbing itself of a tradition that belongs in Catalonia.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“All scientific work is incomplete - whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have, to postpone action that it appears to demand at a given time. Who knows, asks Robert Browning, but the world may end tonight? True, but on available evidence most of us make ready to commute on the 8:30 next day.”

Source : "The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?" by Austin Bradford Hill, 1965.
“I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it. And to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.”

Source : "Rita Cosby Live & Direct", www.nbcnews.com. October 31, 2005.
“[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby .”
“The enemy of feminism isnâ€™t men. Itâ€™s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the system of patriarchy just as men can support the fight for gender equality.”
“When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement”
“God acts in history: that is, God provides ideas, methods, and experiences intended to bring comprehension to man, an understanding heart, a conscious life.”

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