"At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now."

-- David R. Brower

#Energy Quotes #Littles Quotes #Waste Quotes

“And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?”
“I suspect many readers might associate [Bob Dylan] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to '65 when he wrote his most famous "protest songs," like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin.'"”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.”
“A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.”
“Would you like to borrow a pair of my panties to wave around at the next Council meeting to get the point across?â€ His eyes flashed. â€œGot any to spare?â€ I couldâ€™ve picked somebody rational. But no, I had to fall in love with this arrogant idiot. Come to the Keep with me, be my princess. Mourn me when your crazy dad kills me. Yeah, right.”
“In my twenties, my pleasures tended to be physical. In my thirties, my pleasures tended to be intellectual. I can't say which was more exquisite.”
“The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.”
“Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West ...”

Source : Susan Moody (1992). “Mosaic”, Dell Publishing Company

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