"bergeron's epitaph for the planet, i remember, which he said should be carved in big letters in a wall of the grand canyon for the flying-saucer people to find was this: WE COULD HAVE SAVED IT, BUT WE WERE TOO DOGGONE CHEAP. only he didn't say "doggone."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#Wall Quotes #People Quotes #Flying Quotes

“Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was sorely missing from the rest of my life. I thrilled in the fresh perspective that came from the tipping the ordinary plane of existence on end.”
“Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.”
“I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid.”

Source : "With Abrams in place, 'Star Wars' fans brace for future" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2013.
“The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream â€¦ Hang in there.”
“There are no really new stories anymore.”
“My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh; my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come to figure, is a certain kind of love.”
“Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field.”
“Braille is knowledge, and knowledge is power.”

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