"Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it."

-- John Steinbeck

#Believe Quotes #Brain Quotes #Trying Quotes

“While the nature of Texas fever is by no means made clear as yet, we are able to affirm that ticks can produce it. Whether the disease can be transmitted by any other agency must be decided by future investigations. Meanwhile the evidence accumulated thus far seems to favor very strongly the dictum: No ticks, no Texas fever.”
“Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign.”
“Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot; to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.”
“Everybody kind of has to learn the same lessons. You've got to learn how to get over your first love. You've got to learn how to forgive people that emotionally abuse you. You've got to learn how to let go in a lot of ways.”
“Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.”
“The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.”

Source : "The doctor undaunted by Somalia's insurgents" by Laila Ali, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2011.
“An anaesthetic is a poet-killer.”

Source : Lewis Hyde (1986). “Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking”, Dallas Inst Humanities & Culture
“As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.”

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