"If we are the greatest nation the sun ever shone upon, it would seem to be mainly because we have been able to goad our wage-earners to this pitch of frenzy."

-- Upton Sinclair

#Able Quotes #Sun Quotes

“One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.”
“No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock.”
“The most essential elements of success in life are a purpose, increasing industry, temperate habits, scrupulous regard for ones word ... courteous manners, a generous regard for the rights of others, and, above all, integrity which admits of no qualification or variation.”
“I like The Beatles and I like The Kinks and I like The Rolling Stones and I like Led Zeppelin and I like Black Sabbath.”

Source : The New Yorker, September 09, 2002.
“I spend a fair amount of time just thinking about whether something is feasible or not, and if it is feasible, whether it's really worth doing.”
“There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.”
“How can we find spiritual meaning in a scientific worldview? Spirituality is a way of being in the world, a sense of oneâ€™s place in the cosmos, a relationship to that which extends beyond oneself. . . . Does scientific explanation of the world diminish its spiritual beauty? I think not. Science and spirituality are complementary, not conflicting; additive, not detractive. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades. (158-159)”
“[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.”

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