"Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind."

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Source : "The Nature of Natural History". Book by Marston Bates, 1950.

Marston Bates

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“Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.”
“Fernand Point's philosophy instilled what cuisine is all about: generosity and hugeness of heart.”
“Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no gangster rap. As an Ethiopian cab driver said to me the other day when I was returning from a gig in Sydney, Australia is a peaceful, democratic place. I like the relatively stress free lifestyle. It's worth the drop in income.”
“Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.”
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”

Source : "'We Have to Work Harder to Explain Why Trade Matters'". Speech to the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, www.wto.org. October 21, 2016.
“A hypocritical etiquette forces us to pretend that the Jews are powerless victims; and if you don't respect their victimhood, they'll destroy you.”
“I have made a sculpture … you will never be finished with it – when you pass around it or see it against the sky… something new goes on all the time… together with the sun, the light and the clouds, it makes a living thing.”

Source : Jørn Utzon, Christian Norberg-Schulz (1980). “Sydney Opera House: Sydney, Australia, 1957-73”
“Americans also seem to believe that the monarchy is a kind of mediaeval hangover, encumbered by premodern notions of decorum; the reality is that the British monarchy, for good or ill, is a modern political institution perhaps the first modern political institution.”

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