"The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less."

-- Leonardo da Vinci

#Genius Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Mindset Quotes

“We need to stop, and admit it: we have a prediction problem. We love to predict thingsâ€”and we arenâ€™t very good at it.”

Source : Nate Silver (2012). “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't”, p.19, Penguin
“Our civilization has fallen out of touch with night. With lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the forests and the sea; the little villages, the crossroads even, will have none of it. Are modern folk, perhaps, afraid of night? Do they fear that vast serenity, the mystery of infinite space, the austerity of stars?”

Source : Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.28, David R. Godine Publisher
“Sometimes itâ€™s hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesnâ€™t just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi,”
“Voting is merely a labor-saving device for ascertaining on which side force lies and bowing to the inevitable... It is neither more nor less than a paper representative of the bayonet, the bully, and the bullet.”
“I hate to create cynicism about politicians. We just need to invade. Regular people need to run for office and keep their balls and ovaries intact.”
“Be a clown , be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool , play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh .”
“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.”
“Now a great debate has been born. The thesis is Democratic Socialism. The antithesis is free-market capitalism. The Obama Democrats have posed the challenge. It is now up to the Republicans to pick it up and fight along these lines.”

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