"All scientific theories are provisional and may be changed, but ... on the whole, they are accepted from Washington to Moscow because of their practical success. Where religion has opposed the findings of science, it has almost always had to retreat."

-- Nevill Francis Mott

#Science Quotes #May Quotes #Retreat Quotes

“Unbalance so as to re-balance.”

Source : Robert Bresson (2016). “Notes on the Cinematograph”, p.21, New York Review of Books
“For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls!”
“We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.”

Source : "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". Book by Dave Eggers, 2000.
“I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.”
“Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense...but when foreign aid is carefully guided and targeted at a specific issue, it can and must be effective.”

Source : "The Future of Funding: Development Aid as an Investment" by Dan Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2011.
“I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.”

Source : "'Morrissey's hair, bongs made of apples, MTV's 120 Minutes': Inside this month's hottest new books". Interview with Teddy Wayne, www.salon.com. May 20, 2015.
“Restoration and hope is available each time you return to God.”
“I've always loved strong women, which is lucky for me because once you're over about twenty-five there is no other kind. Women blow my mind. The stuff that routinely gets done to them would make most men curl up and die, but women turn to steel and keep on coming. Any man who claims he's not into strong women is fooling himself mindless; he's into strong women who know how to pout prettily and put on baby voices, and who will end up keeping his balls in her makeup bags.”

Source : "Faithful Place". Book by Tana French, August 19, 2010.

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