"I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because I knew that others before me had been granted the liberty of imagining whatever circles they wished to represent the phenomena of the stars, I thought that I likewise would readily be allowed to test whether, by assuming some motion of the Earth's, more dependable representations than theirs could be found for the revolutions of the heavenly spheres."

-- Nicolaus Copernicus

#Stars Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Circles Quotes

“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?”

Source : Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.7, Random House
“I would say that it's quadruple what I've had when I've won major championships in the past. I've gotten faxes and phone calls from all over the world. It's been overwhelming. It's really changed my opinion of humanity.”
“Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That's why they've got 75,000 applications - they're all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone.”

Source : "Ballmer: "The Internet Was Designed For The PC. The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone" by Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. October 21, 2009.
“I really moved fast, bro. I don't want a big selection, because I don't want myself in between nobody else's problems, basically. Like, if I know these two people going at it, I'm not about to make a song with either one of them.”
“Not having children makes less work-but it makes a quiet house.”

Source : Susan Glaspell, C. W. E. Bigsby (1987). “Plays by Susan Glaspell”, p.42, Cambridge University Press
“I think that all women should consider running for office. What's happening now is just horrifying. With the people we have - with the person we have in the president's office, with so many of the people we have in Congress - we need more progressive women in office. At all levels. From city councils on up. We need women to run. I encourage women to run”

Source : Source: www.cosmopolitan.com
“Writers feel like a middleman, standing with pen in hand over the page. A force greater than me stands above telling me what to write. That may sound romantic, but that's how it feels.”

Source : Interview with Charles Flowers, bookpage.com. October 1999.
“The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got.”

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