"Short version: For the child. . ., it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. . . . It is more important to pave the way for a child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts that he is not ready to assimilate."

-- Rachel Carson

#Children Quotes #Garden Quotes #Important Quotes

“The ministers and the Jacobins are making the king declare war tomorrow on Austria. The ministers are hoping that this move will frighten the Austrians and that within three weeks we will be negotiating (God forbid that this should happen). May we at last be avenged for all the outrages we have suffered from this country!”
“Fox News never calls up Bobby Seale to articulate a stance in opposition to right-wing conservatives. To me, giving the New Black Panthers a platform on Fox is a subtle tactic to scare people.”

Source : "Bobby Seale, Still Revolutionary". Black Star News Interview, www.blackstarnews.com. July 20, 2008.
“There was a day on the set of Iron Man where I said, "I remember some of this stuff. I definitely had some Iron Man books. But, S.H.I.E.L.D. is a little bit of a weak spot for me."”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Stop. Iâ€™m not going to take any more input until Iâ€™ve made something with what I got.”
“There is something about nature out of control that touches a primal terror. We are used to believing that we're the masters of our domain, and that God has given us this earth to rule over. We need this illusion like a good night-light.”

Source : Robert R. McCammon (1998). “Two Classic Volumes from Robert R. McCammon”, Beyond Words/Atria Books
“..because the only kind of love I have to offer is stupid and blind and so deep and powerful that I feel like I'm cracking just to hold it in.”
“Politics is more difficult than physics.”
“But I'm not objective when I'm acting.”

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