"History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind. Surely, Watt with his steam engine, Faraday with his electric motor, and Edison with his incandescent light bulb did not have it as their goal to contribute to a fuel shortage some day that would place their countries at the mercy of Arab oil."

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Source : Joseph Heller (1997). “Good as Gold”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

Joseph Heller

#Country Quotes #Light Quotes #Wind Quotes

“Phantoms in general are nothing more than trifling disorders of the spirit; images we cannot contain within the bounds of sleep.”
“Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.”

Source : Paul Fussell (1984). “Class”
“Everybody counts or nobody counts”

Source : Michael Connelly (2009). “The Last Coyote”, p.10, Allen & Unwin
“All land, no matter what has happened to it, has over it a grace, an absolutely persistent beauty.”
“When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert.”
“You can't fire a cannon, from a canoe!”
“If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He'd have put grass up there.”
“Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.”

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