"The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error."

-- Bertolt Brecht

#Wisdom Quotes #Science Quotes #Errors Quotes

“If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq.”
“What passes for culture in my head is really a bunch of commercials.”
“I love when people in culture show up on fictional TV shows. I don't mind at all being a name from the '90s.”
“And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86.”
“The crowd may be influenced easily, largely because it is a crowd.”
“When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene.”

Source : "Stevens carved liberal legacy on high court". www.seattletimes.com. April 10, 2010.
“I had been an activist on the issue of HIV, primarily in the African American and Latino communities here in the U.S. for many years. It was horrifying to me how the pandemic was raging right here in this country but no one was talking about it.”

Source : "Women Around the World Want a Clean Energy Future" by Gloria Reuben, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2010.
“Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that heâ€™s been robbed. The fact is that most putts donâ€™t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to just be people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old time rail journeyâ€¦delaysâ€¦sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling burst of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.”

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