"The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed entirely of lunatics, with himself well to the front in degree of aberration; but he was fairly sure that this particular form of insanity was going to be useful."

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Source : "Mission of Gravity" by Hal Clement, (Ch. 9), 1954.

Hal Clement

#Thinking Quotes #Insanity Quotes #Events Quotes

“My soul, be satisfied with flowers, with fruit, with weeds even; but gather them in the one garden you may call your own.”

Source : EDMOND ROSTAND (1923). “CYRANO DE BERGERAC”
“Justin turned to give her one of his cool, unsmiling looks. Butterflies fluttered in her throat. She'd be very careful, Serena decided, as if she were walking through a minefield. "What are you thinking?" "About bombs," she answered blandly, "deadly camoflaged bombs." She gave him a quick,innocent grin. "Are we going to eat soon? I'm starving.”
“If a plane crashes and 99 people die while 1 survives, it is called a miracle. Should the families of the 99 think so?”
“Learn, earn, return - these are the 3 phases of life. Jack Balousek There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone to succeed.”
“You know, 20 years... the films of television when it started, the literature, radio in communist countries, they're clean as a whistle; there was no violence, no sex, no drugs, nothing.”
“The only way to build a good company is one satisfied customer at a time. However, to build a great company, we must add one raving fan at a time. The difference is this...a satisfied customer will come back, but a raving fan not only comes back, but becomes part of your sales team. There's a big difference!”
“Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 8, 2013
“The only thing sweeter than union is reunion.”

Source : Kathleen McGowan (2010). “The Poet Prince”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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