"We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it."

-- William Butler Yeats

#Taste Quotes #Reason Quotes #Feels Quotes

“I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.”
“I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, "We shouldn't be teaching creationism." Being right doesn't mean it'll pass.”

Source : "PROFILE / EUGENIE SCOTT / Berkeley scientist leads fight to stop teaching of creationism" by Monica Lam, www.sfgate.com. February 7, 2003.
“Launching Collins in the U.S. fulfills the original vision of the 1989 union of Harper & Row and William Collins. Publishing has clarified the many benefits of working as a global company. I believe that a true 21st century publisher is a global publisher. Harper Collins is well on its way.”
“The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status, though I know we've got that sort of audience in the states.”
“Thereâ€™s almost nothing you canâ€™t accomplish if you set your mind to it.”
“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
“The music and the philosophy feed off of one another on a subconscious level, though I've never really integrated my academic teaching into songwriting. But what they have in common is that they're both ways to tap into the mysterious parts of our world.”
“What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.”

Source : Liz Carpenter (1993). “Getting Better All the Time”, Texas A & M University Press

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