"Arguments from authority carry little weight â€“ authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts."

-- Carl Sagan

#Mistake Quotes #Past Quotes #Experts Quotes

“Come, my friends Tis not too late to seek a newer world Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die”
“Poetry wants to make things mean more than they mean, says someone, as if we knew how much things meant, and in what unit of measure.”
“I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.”
“Stalking is an underrated startup strategy.”

Source : Linda Rottenberg (2014). “Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags”, p.41, Penguin
“It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.”

Source : B. F. Skinner (1974). “Walden Two”, p.257, Hackett Publishing
“One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.”
“If you start to feel that you have given up too many parts of yourself to be with your partner, then one day you will end up looking for another person in order to reconnect with those lost parts.”
“Consciousness is the greatest movie-maker in the whole world.”

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