"Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Philosophical Quotes #Silence Quotes #Denial Quotes

“Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.”
“What this generation was bred to at television's knees was not wisdom, but cynicism.”
“……, but as I am a scholar I feel obliged to document what it is like here, most of the time, between the dramatic climaxes. In truth it is like this: You cannot imagine how time can be so still. It hangs. It weighs, and yet there is so little of it. It goes so slowly and it is so scarce. If I was writing this scene it would last a full 15 minutes. I would lie here and you would sit there.”
“The body is like a sentence that invites us to rearrange it”

Source : Hans Bellmer, Stephen S. Prokopoff, Krannert Art Museum (1991). “Hans Bellmer, photographs: 23 February to 31 March 1991”
“Economists have the correct insight that economics is a theory of choice, the key to the story is the variety of options and centralised political control limits the options. The best recipe is adaptive efficiency coping with novel uncertainty in a non-ergodic world, the maintenance of institutions which enable trial & error experiment to occur, and an effective means of eliminating unsuccessful solutions”
“The hurdles have taught me that if you work really, really hard at perfecting the little things in your life, the big picture will come together.”
“Rewards can deliver a short-term boostâ€”just as a jolt of caffeine can keep you cranking for a few more hours. But the effect wears offâ€”and, worse, can reduce a personâ€™s longer-term motivation to continue the project.”
“The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.”

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