"I believe any malevolent supercivilisation would have rapidly self-destructed as we may be in the process of doing ourselves. If we do have contact, physical contact with aliens, I think it will be benign."

-- Arthur C. Clarke

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'”

Source : Count Basie, Albert Murray (1985). “Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie”, Plume
“I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.”
“The best attitude to receive the Pope's teachings is to understand that he is a religious leader and the essence of his message comes from the Gospel, not from one ideology or another.And so, if our economic systems are not oriented toward the human person but only concerned with profits, he wants to confront the system and change it. This, by the way, is common to all the popes, it comes directly from the so-called social teachings of the church.”
“Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth.”
“How can you be a physics major and be shocked when you get pregnant from having sex?”
“Dreaming led to disappointment, and disappointment to a kind of depressed funk that wasnâ€™t easy to shake. Better to stay in the gray than get eaten by the dark.”

Source : Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.31, Hachette UK
“I realize that in everything I was saying, that underneath my words was essentially, "why can't we be less judgemental and more like me." Which is judgemental and arrogant, to try and change somebody else's perspective just so that the world can seem better for you. It's important that we have these contrasts in life - nothing was ever created by being the same.”
“Everyone carries with them at least one piece to someone else's puzzle.”

Source : Lawrence Kushner (1998). “Eyes remade for wonder: a Lawrence Kushner reader”, Jewish Lights Pub

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