"Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the harvest, we must sow the seed."

-- Philip James Bailey

#Acquisition Quotes #Harvest Quotes #Application Quotes

“I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.”
“[A]nother important difference between tourist and traveler is that the former accepts his own civilization without question; not so the traveler, who compares it with the others, and rejects those elements he finds not to his liking.”

Source : Paul Bowles (2000). “The Paul Bowles reader”
“There isn't any wall, however high, however wide or however big, whatever it is made from, that can bar you from achieving a better life. There isn't any wall or pit that is in front of you to stop you from achieving a future of wellbeing.”

Source : Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's speech as the guest of honour at the dinner hosted by Felipe Calderon at the National Palace in Mexico City, July 16, 2007.
“Oddly enough, white is a dead tone in a small room. Choosing something with a more medium tone will make the space feel larger.”
“It's like all technology: either not powerful enough or too powerful. It will never do exactly what you want it to do.”

Source : Charles Yu (2012). “Sorry Please Thank You: Stories”, p.42, Vintage
“When I was young, I couldnt imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they werent out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides, these women just looked so ancient - permed hair, beige cardis.”
“Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years.”
“Radio is a wonderful medium, but the clock is very unforgiving, and the discussion of this matter included in the interview as originally recorded had to be cut to fit the allotted time. I am happy to provide this elaboration to correct the record.”

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