"Never speak more clearly than you think."

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Source : Jeremy Bernstein (1982). “Science Observed: Essays Out of My Mind”, Basic Books (AZ)

Jeremy Bernstein

#Thinking Quotes #Speak Quotes #Miscellaneous Quotes

“Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.”

Source : Andrew Motion (2010). “Selected Poems of Andrew Motion”, p.16, Faber & Faber
“Ruskin believed that everyone had visual as well as verbal capacities that needed to be developed in order to become a complete human being, and that the apprehension of truth depended on the power of observation,”
“Water, wind and birdsong were the echoes in this quiet place of a great chiming symphony that was surging around the world. Knee-deep in grasses and moon daisies, Stella stood and listened, swaying a little as the flowers and trees were swaying, her spirit voice singing loudly, though her lips were still, and every pulse in her body beating its hammer strokes in time to the song.”
“The wise may find in trifles light as atoms in the air, some useful lesson to enrich the mind.”

Source : John Godfrey Saxe (1873). “The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe”, p.334
“The Republicans have a new healthcare proposal: Just say NO to illness!”
“We know through the process of energy independence, our whole geopolitical footprint changes in terms of our national security and how we operate the American military. In addition to that we've got all these forward liabilities on these entitlement programs that, with the right tax and the energy policy, we can pay down and offset some of those liabilities.”
“If I could change the attitude of young men toward literature, I would want them to read not just for escape, but because literature can be more truthful about things like sex, commitment, and aging. It can be more truthful about the stuff that our parents lied to us (and themselves) about, and the stuff that everyone has to lie about. It can all be dealt with truthfully in fiction and poetry.”
“But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning.”

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