"We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint."

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Source : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press

Robert Falcon Scott

#Risk Quotes #Causes Quotes #Last Words Quotes

“Consciousness surely does not depend on language. Babies, many animals, and patients robbed of speech by brain damage are not insensate robots; they have reactions like ours that indicate that someone's home.”
“There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.”
“The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant, His grace is too ordinary, His judgment is too benign, His gospel is too easy, and His Christ is too common.”

Source : David Lack (1947). “Darwin's Finches”, p.129, CUP Archive
“Once you got three records, you pretty much got 10.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.”
“Without liberals we wouldn't have unions. We wouldn't have environmental protections. We wouldn't have seat belts or birth control or the ACLU! Any of these things!”
“I didn't have any great job prospects.”
“I would never ever condone any violence of any kind. But in the theater of fiction, blood is delightful.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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