"Somebody once asked Niels Bohr why he had a horseshoe hanging above the front door of his house. Surely you, a world famous physicist, can't really believe that hanging a horseshoe above your door brings you luck? Of course not, Bohr replied, but I have been reliably informed that it will bring me luck whether I believe in it or not."

-- Arthur Koestler

#Believe Quotes #Doors Quotes #House Quotes

“Love is much deeper than a feeling. Love is a commitment we make to people to always treat that person right and honorably.”
“Strapped by tight credit and plummeting sales, businesses have overhauled the way they manage supply chains, inventory, production practices and staffing.”

Source : "The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy". Janet Yellen's Remarks at the University of San Diego in San Diego, California, www.frbsf.org. February 22, 2010.
“Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.”

Source : Donald E Westlake (2011). “Drowned Hopes”, p.36, Overamstel Uitgevers
“A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which, of course, are our own. Out of our desperation and fear we begin to feel a sense of security from the new totalitarian state.”

Source : Gerry Spence (1999). “Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century”, p.408, Macmillan
“And then I bought my own horse, which I had until it died.”
“I'd like to imagine that "dreamoir" becomes a subgenre of nonfiction, maybe ultimately because I'd love to read many more dreamoirs by other writers - poets and memoirists especially.”
“Bjork, I'd love to do something with her. I'd love to do some sort of crazy orchestral choir thing with her.”
“Do you have your own room, Charlie Brown?" "Oh, yes... I have a very nice room." "I hope you realize that you won't always have your own room... Someday you'll get drafted or something, and you'll have to leave your room forever!" "Why do you tell me things like that?" "It's on a list I've made up for you... I call it, Things You Might As Well Know!”

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