"Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's life."

-- Gene Simmons

#Book Quotes #Television Quotes #Influence Quotes

“In the scientific community you find competent teachers and original researchers, just as in the musical community you find many good performers but very few good composers.”

Source : Source: deutsche-denker.de
“What we have now is a communication ability. We have the ability to see working ideas that are going on in the great cities throughout the world and whether you live in Shanghai or you live in Sao Paulo, you have the ability of seeing and knowing the ideas of some of the greatest minds of our generation.”
“Abraham Zogoiby covered his face that night in August 1939 because he had been assailed by fear, [...] a sudden apprehension that the ugliness of life might defeat its beauty; that love did not make lovers invulnerable. Nevertheless, he thought, even if the world's beauty and love were on the edge of destruction, theirs would still be the only side to be on; defeated love would still be love, hate's victory would not make it other than it was.”
“We cannot choose the things that will happen to us. But we can choose the attitude we will take toward anything that happens. Success or failure depends on your attitude.”
“Many of the greatest creations of man have been inspired by the desire to make money...If Oxford undergraduates were paid for their work, I would have performed miracles of scholarship and become Regius Professor of Modern History.”
“I toned down my accent at school; otherwise, people would pick on me.”

Source : Interview with Andrew Williams, metro.co.uk. October 26, 2009.
“If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom.”
“Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men?”

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