"An inventor is one who can see the applicability of means to supply demand five years before it is obvious to those skilled in the art."

-- Reginald Fessenden

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“Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.”

Source : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.25
“Nobody ever feels like they've arrived. That's just the nature of being a creative type of person. You always feel like you can get better or reach more people.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives me an incredibly special feeling of fulfilment. I know myself well enough to know that I will never truly be satisfied.”

Source : "Rugby legend Wilkinson quits England", www.cnn.com. December 12, 2011.
“From sports the greatest thing I've learned is discipline achieves goals.”
“One symptom of his (Hitler) being strangely at variance with reality, or the nature of things,was his gift for wearing inappropriate of ludicrous clothing...When he was supposed to be starting a militaristic revolution he was wearing evening dress and an ill-fitting black tailcoat...and his army medals.”
“Por que bonita, se coxa? Por que coxa, se bonita?”

Source : Machado de Assis (1998). “Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas”, p.127, Atelie Editorial
“After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.”
“Language is a social art.”

Source : Willard Van Orman Quine, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Douglas B. Quine (2008). “Confessions of a Confirmed Extensionalist: And Other Essays”, p.289, Harvard University Press

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