"There is scarce any one invention, which this nation has produced in our age, but it has some way or other been set forward by his assistance. ... He is indeed a man born for the good of mankind, and for the honour of his country. ... So I may thank God, that Dr. Wilkins was an Englishman, for wherever he had lived, there had been the chief seat of generous knowledge and true philosophy."

-- Robert Hooke

#God Quotes #Country Quotes #Philosophy Quotes

“TV programmes are so bad these days, even idiots are getting rid of their idiot boxes.”
“There's a certain place you want to get to, and in order to do that, you have to be vulnerable.”
“I've learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin, and that every warrior, every humanitarian, every citizen is built to live with both. In fact, to win a war, to create peace, to save a life, or just to live a good life requires of us - of every one of us - that we be both good and strong.”
“Perhaps it is a human thing, to look upon such beauty and fail to encompass it.”

Source : Robin Mckinley (2010). “Pegasus”, p.118, Penguin
“Long ago I dreamed of being a hero in your company" Halli said Huskily "I'm sorry to say your reality disappoints me”
“My paintings are not meant to be tasted.”
“This is the substance of our Plot-For those who play the Perfect Shot, There are ten thousand who do not.”
“Things people say strike me as amusing, and I am prone to saying out loud what everybody's thinking.”

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