"But the ear, let us not forget, starts operating on the forty-fifth day of the pregnancy of a woman. Seven and a half months advance over the eye...(but) what do we do in our society, in our civilisation, to continue this process?"

-- Daniel Barenboim

#Pregnancy Quotes #Eye Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?”
“I wonder if in part why so many people are angry at Microsoft is not just because their products frustrate them so much, but also because this frustration is ignored. The computer makes people feel like they are dummies, when in fact it is the computer that is stupid.”

Source : The First Monday Interview, firstmonday.org. April, 1998.
“We are often unaware of how much we love the people around us. This is true for everyone. We may think that we love certain people, but we don't know how profoundly we love them.”

Source : "This Week in Fiction: Akhil Sharma". Interview with Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. January 10, 2014.
“The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the labor he performs with them, because in fact, there is none.”
“Other nations of different habits are not enemies: they are godsends. Men require of their neighbours something sufficiently akin to be understood, something sufficiently different to provoke attention, and something great enough to command admiration. We must not expect, however, all the virtues.”
“When I hit one over, I knew I was good.”
“It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you.”
“It is the greenback which is unstable, and not bullion.”

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