"Some writers, rejecting the idea which science had reached, that reefs of rocks could be due in any way to "animalcules," have talked of electrical forces, the first and last appeal of ignorance."

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Source : James Dwight Dana (1872). “Corals and Coral Islands”, p.17

James Dwight Dana

#Ignorance Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Thirty-three percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education.”
“He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.”
“I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's also often a mistake.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2016.
“True Christianity, which will last forever, comes from the gospel words of Christ not from the epistles of Paul. The writings of Paul have been a danger and a hidden rock, the causes of the principal defects of Christian theology.”
“There is no man who loves a woman that does not desire to come to her for the renewal of his courage, for the cutting asunder of his difficulties. And that will be the mainspring of his desire for her. We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist.”

Source : Ford Madox Ford (2003). “The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion”, p.125, Broadview Press
“I sold my first screenplay six months before 'Glee,' but they had the option for a year and now it's back with me.”
“No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.”
“My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece”

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