"[The] weakness of biological balance studies has aptly been illustrated by comparison with the working of a slot machine. A penny brings forth one package of chewing gum; two pennies bring forth two. Interpreted according to the reasoning of balance physiology, the first observation is an indication of the conversion of copper into gum; the second constitutes proof."

-- Rudolph Schoenheimer

#Hard Work Quotes #Two Quotes #Balance Quotes

“I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.”
“Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.”
“Hydrogen selenide, I decided, was perhaps the worst smell in the world. But hydrogen telluride came close, was also a smell from hell. An up-to-date hell, I decided, would have not just rivers of fiery brimstone, but lakes of boiling selenium and tellurium, too.”
“I lay naked in furs a lot. I think I'm naked more than I talk.”
“Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them.”

Source : William Empson (1966). “Seven Types of Ambiguity”, p.249, New Directions Publishing
“Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.”
“Something about photography is tied to a very specific relationship with the material world. It doesn't have to be, but the way I practice it, it is. So there's an act of observation, but it's not an act of objective recording. It's about framing something and seeing it and understanding that it's relational.”
“I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”

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