"The trouble is that you won't get the scientists to agree on a course of action. It is almost instinctive in science to accept contrary views, because disagreeing gives you guidance to experimental tests of ideas - your own and those offered by othersâ€¦."

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Source : Interview for the George C. Marshall Institute, September 3, 1997.

Frederick Seitz

#Views Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Giving Quotes

“If youâ€™re frustrated because youâ€™re not getting what you want, stop for a second: Have you actually flat-out asked for it? If you havenâ€™t, stop complaining. You canâ€™t expect the world to read your mind. You have to put it out there, and sometimes putting it out there is as simple as just saying, â€œHey, can I have that?”
“You could never be certain what you would find in a book that had spent time with someone else.”

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2011). “Joy For Beginners”, p.12, Penguin
“The victim of mind-manipulati on does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free”
“it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end.”
“People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. There is great joy in helping people, but no joy in doing it at gunpoint.”

Source : Penn Jillette (2012). “God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales”, p.151, Simon and Schuster
“Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another.”
“My father had wanted to be a commercial artist. He got as far as being a photographer in the army in World War II, but he was always a Sunday painter. At a certain point, he gave me his oil paints and I messed around with them, having no idea what I was doing.”
“I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”

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