"The landscape of the mind, against which our thoughts and expectations move, when the wind of the imagination is active, changes as quickly as the clouds; and indeed it consists often of several landscapes, semi-transparent and showing through one another."

-- William Hurrell Mallock

#Moving Quotes #Wind Quotes #Clouds Quotes

“With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countriesâ€¦What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround, my values are for a government which is honest, effective and efficient.”

Source : "Democracy, Human Rights and the Realities". Speech in Tokyo, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 1992.
“Natural capitalism is not about making sudden changes, uprooting institutions, or fomenting upheaval for a new social order. Natural capitalism is about making small, critical choices that can tip economic and social factors in positive ways.”
“He is very fond of me, almost too fond. I could do with less caressing and more rationality. I should like to be less of a pet and more of a friend, if I might choose; but I won't complain of that: I am only afraid his affection loses in depth where it gains in ardour. I sometimes liken it to a fire of dry twigs and branches compared with one of solid coal, very bright and hot; but if it should burn itself out and leave nothing but ashes behind.”
“Y'all mythological ***** is comical, The astronomical is comin' thru like tha flu bombin' you... And embalmin' in your crew, too. With the musical, mystical, magical, you know how I do.”
“Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.”
“A caged canary is safe but not free.”
“I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning.”
“Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.”

Source : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press

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