"Discovery is the privilege of the child: the child who has no fear of being once again wrong, of looking like an idiot, of not being serious, of not doing things like everyone else."

-- Alexander Grothendieck

#Children Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Privilege Quotes

“I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history.”
“By now they had mastered my own language, but they still made simple mistakes, like using 'hermeneutics,' when they meant 'heuristic'.”
“Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind.”
“If you see me on Friday, you'll see different material on Saturday night.”
“I attacked those Western playwrights who use their influence and affluence to preach to the world the nihilistic doctrine that life is pointless and irrationally destructive, and that there is nothing we can do about it. Until everyone is fed, clothed, housed and taught, until human beings have equal leisure to contemplate the overwhelming fact of mortality, we should not (I argued) indulge in the luxury of "privileged despair.”

Source : "Conference at Edinburgh (1963)". "Tynan Right and Left: Plays, Films, People, Places and Events". Book by Kenneth Tynan, p. 146, 1967.
“If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it's probably not broad enough a coalition.”
“Rock stardom is hard work and it takes a team to make it happen. Also, communication is important because too often inexperienced artists have delusions of what a label is supposed to do for them. The truth is, being in the record business is hard work and requires focus and calculated moves to achieve success.”

Source : Source: www.alternativenation.net
“... what counts in life usually cannot be counted.”

Source : Robert Gordis (1960). “A Faith for Moderns”

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