"Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part."

-- Anne Fortier

#Reason Quotes #Instinct Quotes #Used Quotes

“Funny how the world always praises its opera-singers so much and pays 'em so well and then starves its shoemakers, and yet it needs good shoes so much more than it needs opera--or war or fiction.”
“I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the harms that come out of hate.”
“I remember reading about a court case where a man tried to stab a judge with a pencil. There are Google pages full of similar instances around the world. It's obvious that the pencil lends itself to precisely that kind of use. It's not as lacking in dominance as you might think. I have an article on the fallacy of the designer intent because a lot of designers think they can design uses into technology. You can't do that. I use the pen, I make the mark, but the pen is also using me. The pen could be said to be allowing these kinds of marks. I can't do just anything with the pen.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I am Dead, but it's not so bad. I've learned to live with it.”
“Beware of geeks bearing formulas.”

Source : "In Letter, Warren Buffett Concedes a Tough Year" by David Segal, www.nytimes.com. February 28, 2009.
“Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy.”
“Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it is impossible that all things should be precisely set down in writing; for enactments must be universal, but actions are concerned with particulars. Hence we infer that sometimes and in certain cases laws may be changed;”
“Later works are better because it takes a lot of time in architecture to mature. And, it takes a lot of discipline to experience everything that is changing around you.”

Source : Source: www.archdaily.com

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