"One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried."

-- Norman Ralph Augustine

#Problem Quotes #Existence Quotes

“I think it's healthy to say that the American people now have direct access and that we have sufficient confidence as people in our own ability to judge, to make intelligent decisions.”

Source : "David Gergen and Mark Shields on Bill Clinton's 100 Days". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. April 29, 1993.
“Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.”
“I am delighted that I have found a new reaction to demonstrate even to the blind the structure of the interstitial stroma of the cerebral cortex. I let the silver nitrate react with pieces of brain hardened in potassium dichromate. I have already obtained magnificent results and hope to do even better in the future.”
“Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.”

Source : Francis Parkman (2016). “The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American”, p.57, VM eBooks
“We need better architecture and planning: more imaginatively exciting, more involving, more our own.”
“Well, to put it delicately, she has the power to suck out people's brains.”
“When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that you do is with them in mind.”

Source : "Jamie Bell Talks Turn, Coming to Television, Physical Challenges, Researching the Historical Setting, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 18, 2014..
“He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken.”

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