"Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue."

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Source : "Odyssey". Book by Jack McDevitt, 2006.

Jack McDevitt

#Quality Quotes #Faces Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“Some of us do not accept the Establishment myth that bad laws must be obeyed.”
“I was sad Jon Ronson, who wrote in the Guardian and has made a TV show for Channel 4, took against me.”
“I think the darker aspect of my fiction-or anybody's fiction-is by its very nature somehow easier to talk about.”
“Money talks, and bulls*** walks.”
“Utterly absorbing.... If you did not have the opportunity to witness the Soviet empire in its death throes, Lenin's Tomb will take you there.”
“I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.”
“I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.”
“A good golf course is like good music. It does not necessarily appeal the first time one plays it.”

Source : "Golf Architecture: Economy in Course Construction and Greenkeeping".

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