"Thought paceth like a hoary sage, but imagination hath wings as an eagle."

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Source : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1853). “Proverbial Philosophy by Martin F. Tupper”, p.142

Martin Farquhar Tupper

#Wings Quotes #Eagles Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.”

Source : Hannah Whitall Smith (1899). “Child Culture, Or, The Science of Motherhood”
“When you write a song that is so personal to yourself, it's really hard to picture anybody else understanding it when you're singing it. There's things that are very broad and universal topics. Those are the songs that might work for others.”

Source : Source: www.washingtontimes.com
“Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world”

Source : 1981 The Language of Clothes.
“Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.”
“That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.”
“Engineering is a creative practice.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all.”
“Science teaches you to open your eyes and appreciate the reality around you. Religion teaches you to close your eyes and cling to the fantasy within you.”

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