"[W]e are prone to forget that the planet may be measured by man, but not according to man."

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Source : Eduard Suess (1904). “The Face of the Earth: (Das Antlitz Der Erde)”

Eduard Suess

#Men Quotes #May Quotes #Forget Quotes

“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.”

Source : "'Was heisst Denken?' ('What is Called Thinking?')". Book by Martin Heidegger, translated by Fred D. Wieck and J. Glenn Gray, 1968.
“No violence, gentlemen â€” no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!”
“I'm not a foodie; I'm an eatie. I don't have anything against foodies. I just don't have the time or the interest to do that much research.”
“Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort to get it done; I don't know whether we'll get the financing for it. The old story we had it, it fell out of place and this and that.”
“When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.”
“I knew it wasn't good when it happened. It's definitely scary. Every now and then, something brings you back to reality.”
“I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky.”
“The passage of time eliminates some of the more intimate details of one's existence. The routine trivia like passing water and ***** and the amount of food and alcohol consumed in the course of daily survival. Sure, there were girls. Lots of'em. It's inevitable.”

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