"There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane peoples."

-- Bram Stoker

#Teaching Quotes #Past Quotes #Ghouls Quotes

“I think utopianism and eschatology are really two sides of the same coin. They both assume that some massively transformative event is going to happen that's going to completely change the nature of society. They only disagree on whether we get a happy ending or all die horribly. And so utopianism is on the wane right now because at the moment most of the plausible candidates for huge historical transformation look like they're going to kill us.”
“The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.”

Source : The Decline and Fall of Science Aphorisms (p. 1)
“Get going. Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.”
“Comfort is key. I need to make sure the cleat first my foot perfectly. Weight is important, too.”
“In a few days, I will have them all guillotined in Paris.”
“The duty of happiness becomes clearer when we see how it affects others. It is the merry heart that makes the cheerful countenance, and it is the cheerful countenance that spreads cheer to make other hearts merry. The sunny soul brings sunshine everywhere. A bright and happy temperament is a great social asset, adding to the happiness of the world.”

Source : Hugh Black (1911). “Happiness”
“The collision of a great man with a great idea strikes fire in dry flax.”
“It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.”

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