"When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize as a conspicuous failure, trumpeted as a wonderful success, I [conclude]... that the writer ... must either be very ignorant, and the victim of deceit, or a conscious accomplice in what is nothing less than a fraud upon the public."

-- Henry Morton Stanley

#Failure Quotes #Science Quotes #Light Quotes

“The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.”
“Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name.”

Source : Judy Collins (2005). “Morning, Noon, and Night: Living the Creative Life”, p.30, Penguin
“Perhaps we might, within the anatomy of our imaginations, think once more of the naked body as a vessel of grace, taste and wonder. In the spotted history of art, stranger things have happened.”
“When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness in those we will meet in the future.”

Source : David Richo (2011). “Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy”, p.13, Shambhala Publications
“Before you can win the fight, Youâ€™ve got to be in the fight.”

Source : Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.49, Penguin
“Bradford Dillman sounded like a distinguished, phony theatrical name, so I kept it.”
“Why are you not where you belong? / A black hat on a hook says nothing. / Ashes mirror ashes / In a mirroring window.”

Source : Mary Jo Bang (2007). “Elegy: poems”, Graywolf Pr
“Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process (transferring some of his holdings for these cooperating factors), is entitled to it. The situation is not one of something's getting made, and there being an open question of who is to get it. Things come into the world already attached to people having entitlements over them.”

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