"People said I'd never make 35, then I'd never make 40, 45; now I'm almost 50, so Im beginning to think maybe they might be wrong."

-- Chet Baker

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Might Quotes

“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.”
“It is critical that the world captures every last bit of energy efficiency, if we are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep below dangerous rises in temperature. I am pleased that this important new study shows how information and communication technology can play an essential role in saving energy. Now we need more and effective government policies that reward such action and penalize delayed responses.”
“The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.”
“Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is a true proposition of the right of nations, which flattery has sometimes attacked but good princes have always defended as the tutelary divinity of their dominions. How much more legitimate is it to say with the wise Plato, that the perfect felicity of a kingdom consists in the obedience of subjects to their prince, and of the prince to the laws, and in the laws being just and constantly directed to the public good!”
“Speech at the Ministerial Conference in Boston”
“I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film.”
“God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he finds her.”
“Our goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general public.”

Source : "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.

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