"Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present."

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Source : Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

Celia Green

#Past Quotes #Attention Quotes #Genius Quotes

“We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.”
“When the hornet hangs in the hollyhock, And the brown bee drones in the rose, And the west is a red-streaked four-o'clock, And summer is near its close, It's, Oh!, For the gate, and the locust lane; And dusk, and dew, and home again!”

Source : Madison Julius Cawein, “In The Lane”
“I have to get out once a week and speak with people or I start thinking I'm the emperor of Abyssinia.”

Source : "The magus of the Midlands", www.theguardian.com. October 20, 2000.
“In extreme danger fear feels no pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]”
“We are hopeful that you will want to visit our planet in the near future. We are in the process of restoring our environment to its original grandeur, and hope to have completed the task before your RSVP.”
“I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who possess them already.”

Source : Anthony Powell (2010). “The Valley of Bones: Book 7 of A Dance to the Music of Time”, p.221, University of Chicago Press
“Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.”
“When I was a kid my Dad never let me sing Patsy Cline songs for one simple reason: they've already been done.”

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