"The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service."

-- Hugo Eckener

#Ocean Quotes #Predictions Quotes

“Supposing we knew that up there is some alien civilization and it's sending radio signals our way we should not tell the public where that is. We could say that we've picked up a signal, but we should not tell them where for the simple reason that anybody could commandeer a radio telescope, set themselves up as some self appointed spokesperson of mankind and start beaming all sorts of crazy messages back to the aliens.”
“The carrying power of a bridge is not the average strength of the pillars, but the strength of the weakest pillar. I have always believed that you do not measure the health of a society by GNP but by the condition of its worst off.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to America. They see daughters who grow impatient when their mothers talk in Chinese, who think they are stupid when they explain things in fractured English. They see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, that to these closed American-born minds "joy luck" is not a word, it does not exist. They see daughters who will bear grandchildren born without any connecting hope passed from generation to generation.”

Source : Amy Tan (2006). “The Joy Luck Club”, p.40, Penguin
“My point of view is, I'm just a person, and there are times when I look at other people and think, 'My God, they spend so much time thinking about things that seem so absurd.' But I'm sure people must think the same thing about me.”
“Experiment is the sole source of truth. It alone can teach us something new; it alone can give us certainty.”

Source : The Foundations of Science Science and Hypothesis (p. 127)
“The Muslim Brotherhood can't even penetrate the Egyptian government,”

Source : "Muslim Brotherhood responds to Bachmann's witch hunt" by Erin Cunningham, www.pri.org. July 23, 2012.
“A plan without action is not a plan. It's a speech.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 01, 2012
“Imagine how great you will feel when you know your partner loves all of you, all the time. The good, the bad, and everything in between!”

Source : "Nobody's Perfect: How to Reclaim the Joy in Your Relationship". Interview with Laurie Sue Brockway, www.everydayhealth.com. February 16, 2012.

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