"The difference between a professional person and a technician is that a technician knows everthing about his job except its ultimate purpose and his place in the scheme of things."

-- Richard B. Livingston

#Jobs Quotes #Differences Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Ideology is the science of idiots.”
“I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up in California and went to the Musicians Institute in L.A. I wanted to get better as a player.”
“It's always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own.”
“What we pay for with our lives never costs too much.”
“I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law shall be made respecting the establishment or free exercise of religion, but from that also which reserves to the States the powers not delegated to the United States. Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise or to assume authority in any religious discipline has been delegated to the General Government. It must then rest with the States.”
“Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.”
“Hispanics are the fastest-growing evangelical group in the country right now, an important constituency. But Trump's views, especially his views on immigration, did not exactly go over well with this faith constituency. Rev. Rodriguez told me that Trump's invitation created something of a stir in his world.”
“Nothing will get you into trouble so deep or as sad as faith.”

Source : Rick Bass (1994). “The Watch: Stories”, p.46, W. W. Norton & Company

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