"I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?"

-- Roald Dahl

#Pockets Quotes #Littles Quotes #Said Quotes

“Nature will take precedence over the needs of the modern man.”
“Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept”

Source : Carl L. Becker (2013). “Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas”, p.3, Vintage
“I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured in months, reconstitute chemical and biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization program,”
“Choice, not chance, determines destiny.”
“I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.”
“You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.”
“It's maybe a good thing to try to make music that feels reassuring in some ways - something that's got a good feeling, a good vibe about it.”
“The mind is sicker than the sick body; in contemplation of its sufferings it becomes hopeless. [Lat., Corpore sed mens est aegro magis aegra; malique In circumspectu stat sine fine sui.]”

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