"To-day belongs to me, To-morrow who can tell."

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Anacreon

#Today Quotes #Morrow Quotes

“Without risk, we are automatons going through our days with no purpose or meaning. We are safer, perhaps, but we are also, ironically, closer to death.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2008). “The Sleeping Beauty Proposal”, p.210, Penguin
“There are basically two approaches to solving the problem of terrorism. One is that you understand the mind of the terrorist in order to establish defenses against it. The other is that you kill all the terrorists and all the potential terrorists.”
“Remember, childhood only lasts 10-12 years. There's a lot that has to be squeezed in to make for a lifetime of happy memories. â™¥”
“I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public's favor.”
“The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control and patience.”
“It appears, from all that precedes, reasonably certain that if there be any relative motion between the earth and the luminiferous ether, it must be small; quite small enough entirely to refute Fresnel's explanation of aberration.”

Source : "On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether". Article by by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley. American Journal of Science, 1887, 34 (203), p. 341, en.wikisource.org. 1887.
“This job's a pain-it's so mundane It sure don't stimulate my brain.”
“I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?”

Source : Kathleen Norris (1997). “The Cloister Walk”, p.80, Penguin

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