"Nationalism is a type of insanity in which the boundaries of a land replace God."

-- Billy Collins

#Land Quotes #Insanity Quotes #Boundaries Quotes

“Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.”

Source : Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, Allan Richard Chavkin, Nancy Feyl Chavkin (1994). “Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris”, p.141, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I live in New Hampshire. We're in favor of global warming. Eleven hundred more feet of sea-level rises? I've got beachfront property. You tell us up there, "By the end of the century, New York City could be underwater," and we say, "Your point is?"”
“Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding”
“At the same time, one of the things I noticed was that the moment there was any kind of audio attached to virtual reality, it really improved the experience, even though the audio didn't feel like a sound engineer or composer had been anywhere near it.”
“We believe our suppliers of materials have not been impacted. At this point, our customers have not asked us to do anything differently as a result of the earthquake.”
“Pity is like lust ... both like to masquerade as love and it's powerfully hard to know the difference when you're in the throes of it.”
“As long as I have you there is just one other thing I'll always need - tremendous self control.”
“Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some times make claims that are misunderstood by the public.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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