"Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire."

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Bruce Sterling

#Fire Quotes #Worry Quotes #Gorillas Quotes

“THERE ARE SOME MEN who enter a womanâ€™s life and screw it up forever. Joseph Morelli did this to meâ€”not forever, but periodically.”
“To write honestly and with conviction anything about the migration of birds, one should oneself have migrated. Somehow or other we should dehumanize ourselves, feel the feel of feathers on our body and wind in our wings, and finally know what it is to leave abundance and safety and daylight and yield to a compelling instinct, age-old, seeming at the time quite devoid of reason and object.”

Source : William Beebe (1954). “A Naturalist's Life of New York”
“Champions know that there's something inside that makes a champion, and other people think that it might something external.”
“The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.”
“Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen was uncapped my thoughts had shifted to rocks.”

Source : William Beebe (1921). “Edge of the Jungle”
“I've always worn a hat when I work. I think it also comes from a picture of Rothko I saw with a painter's hat on.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below and smit thee.”
“Huge sums are invested globally in medical research and development - and with good reason.”

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