"Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to its shimmering red presence in the clear night sky. It is like a glowing ember in a field of ethereal lights, projecting energy and promise. It inspires visions of an approachable world. The mind vaults to thoughts of what might have been (if Mars were a litter closer to the warming Sun) and of what could be (if humans were one day to plant colonies there)."

-- John Noble Wilford

#Eye Quotes #Night Quotes #Light Quotes

“When youâ€™re truly connecting with wisdom, the more you learn, the more you realize the less you know.”
“Lower oil prices won't, by themselves, topple the mullahs in Iran. But it's significant that, historically, when oil prices have been low, Iranian reformers have been ascendant and radicals relatively subdued, and vice versa when prices have been high.”
“Hire the best people you can find. This was kind of easy in the early days of foursquare - we hired our friends who were really passionate about the stuff they were building. We have a superstar team not just because their resumes are so strong, but because they've been passionate, thinking about and tinkering in this space forever. Those are the people you want to surround yourself with.”
“What we were striving for was a kind of modified form of communism.”

Source : "They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions". Book by John H. George and Paul Boller, p. 52, 1989.
“Change takes effort. And the reality is, most people don't want to put in effort to better their life.”
“I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows.”
“I think a loaded weapon aboard an airplane, whether its in the cargo section or in your overhead baggage, is a security issue.”
“Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.”

Source : "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself". Book by Alan Alda, abcnews.go.com. September 4, 2007.

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