"I love superconductors."

-- Larry Niven

“An unanticipated destination, perhaps, but you must admit,all the best journeys take unexpected detours.”
“Part of the way that I work is to observe.”
“The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.”
“When you are in joy you are in love with the world & the Universe is in love with you.”
“Attitudes are much more important than facts.”
“The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.”

Source : Thaddeus Stevens (1998). “The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens, Volume 2: April 1865-August 1868”, p.45, University of Pittsburgh Pre
“Love's blindness consists oftener in seeing what is not there than in seeing what is.”
“All you leave the world is what you've done. No one will ever know the conditions, the comments, the pressures. Only the work remains.”

Source : Ted Schwarz, Arnold Friberg (1985). “Arnold Friberg: the passion of a modern master”

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