"One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations."

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Source : Steve Allen (1987). “How to Make a Speech”, McGraw-Hill Companies

Steve Allen

#Positive Quotes #Nice Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“A man of science rises ever, in seeking truth; and if he never finds it in its wholeness, he discovers nevertheless very significant fragments; and these fragments of universal truth are precisely what constitutes science.”
“The resources of nature, like those of spirit, are running out, and all that a conscientious man can aspire to be is a literal conservative, hoarding what remains of culture and of natural wealth against the fierce appetites of modern life.”
“The key things I learned as a hospital administrator are to be organized, communicate, and be flexible.”
“The [peppered-moth] experiments show the effects of predation on the survival of the dark and of the normal forms of the Peppered Moth in a clean environment and in one polluted by smoke. The experiments beautifully demonstrate natural selection--or survival of the fittest--in action, but they do not show evolution in progress, for however the population may alter in their content of light, intermediate or dark forms, all the moths remain from beginning to end Biston Betularia.”
“Yes I'm grown and sexy, and I'm worth the wait. Girls act like I'm the only dude on earth to date.”
“I remember once I went to go see a movie, and in front of me in line there was a little boy who looked so eager to see it, like it was Christmas morning. When he got to the ticket booth it turned out there was only one ticket left; the manager was there and wanted to give it to me instead since I was famous. That's when I knew I'd hit it big.”
“There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.”
“Beautifully shot, impeccably paced, it was a clear, unrelenting look at the National Trust, its friends and enemies, and it makes you want to burn your passport and beg the Luftwaffe to have another go.”

Source : "AA Gill obituary" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2016.

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