"Research is a scientific activity dedicated to discovering what makes grass green."

-- Russell Baker

#Research Quotes #Green Quotes #Grass Quotes

“Philosophers should be, as Seneca put it, 'lawyers for humanity'. Make what you think and feel count; the examined life has global dimensions.”
“We invent the past and remember the future.”
“The very act of representation has been so thoroughly challenged in recent years by postmodern theories that it is impossible not to see the flaws everywhere, in any practice of photography. Traditional genres in particular-journalism, documentary studies, and fine-art photography-have become shells, or forms emptied of meaning.”
“Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls”
“Mathematical studies may serve for a pleasant entertainment for those hours which young men are apt to throw away upon their vices.”

Source : George Atherton Aitken, John Arbuthnot (1892). “The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians”
“The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.”
“My sister thought about it for a few moments. "Well, that's boring," she said finally. "Why can't you read ***** of something fun that I could borrow?" I laughed. "Maybe later.”
“It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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