"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming."

-- Wernher von Braun

#Sarcastic Quotes #Work Quotes #Science Quotes

“I did something that challenged the banking world. Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor. All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.”
“I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.”

Source : "Schrodinger : Life and Thought" by Walter J. Moore, (p. 1), 1992.
“My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.”

Source : "Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.
“Had I lived in Palestine, in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, I would have washed his feet, not with my tears, but with my heart's blood!”
“The dragon-fly is dancing,â€” Is on the water glancing, She flits about with nimble wing, The flickering, fluttering, restless thing. Besotted chafers all admire Her light-blue, gauze-like, neat attire; They laud her blue complexion, And think her shape perfection...”
“Each time I think there is no place lower to go, I find that there is at least one place that will mess you up worse than you were.”
“I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would have to sell real estate in New York City to look after my family, that would be fine with me.”
“Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially--romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 16, 2016

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