"I think synergies are a lot like UFOs: Lots of people claim to have seen them, but few can actually prove they exist."

-- Bethany McLean

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Claims Quotes

“Itâ€™s not over if youâ€™re still here,â€ Chronicler said. â€œItâ€™s not a tragedy if youâ€™re still alive.”
“And without further argument he unsheathed the sword and cleaved Miss Foxe's head from her neck. He knew what was supposed to happen. He knew that this awkward, whispering creature before him should now transform into a princess - dazzlingly beautiful, free, and made wise by her hardship. That is not what happened.”

Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.67, Pan Macmillan
“Who owns the assets of our Nation? Increasingly, foreign interests own our assets, and we owe them money. No wonder people think our country is headed in the wrong direction. It is.”
“For the warrior, there is no "better" or "worse"; everyone has the necessary gifts for his particular path.”
“Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.”

Source : Quoted in Paul Dickson, The Official Explanations (1980)
“If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.”
“Psychoanalysts and elephants, they never forget.”
“Nature is so huge. I mean, you can't even look one way! Everything is huge. That was my natural instinct, to create huge art, to create huge pieces. And to me, I still could create bigger works. The opportunity doesn't come along to do anything any bigger. So I've worked as big as I've had the opportunity to work, basically.”

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