"How I wish I were able to say what I think ..."

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Source : Gertrude Stein (1998). “Writings, 1932-1946”

#Thinking Quotes #Wish Quotes #Speech Quotes

“Something bad happened on both Mars with its dried-up watercourses and Venus with its runaway greenhouse effect. Could something bad happen on Earth too? Our species currently turns row upon row of environmental knobs, without much regard to long-term consequences.”
“It is the Law that any difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must be exactly what you need most at the moment, to enable you to take the next step forward by overcoming them. The only real misfortune, the only real tragedy, comes when we suffer without learning the lesson.”
“Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. it does involve the belief that god loves man and for his sake became man and died.”
“I'm getting older every day, and I'm going to be making music until I drop dead.”
“Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge. What turns the gears in our brains isn't information, but ideas, inventions, and inspiration. Knowledge-not information-implies understanding. And beyond knowledge lies what we should be seeking: wisdom.”
“From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.”
“In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.”
“Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.”

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