"Construction of an aerial vehicle which can carry even a single man . . . requires the discovery of some new metal or force. Even with such a discovery, we could not expect one to do more than carry its owner."

-- Simon Newcomb

#Men Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Flight Quotes

“It's simply not true that Donald Trump has no experience in foreign affairs. Hell, two of his foreign affairs resulted in marriages!”
“Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on high even during storms, we can at each moment create value and develop our state of life, enjoying our existence to the fullest in times of both suffering and joy.”
“What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are.”
“Keeping up with Urban Meyer is more of an Olympic event than handball.”
“Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.”
“I'm sick of my own romanticism!”
“Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal.”

Source : Jan Morris (2011). “A Writer's World”, p.279, Faber & Faber
“I am a good mother and I feel proud about it.”

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