"It is true practically if not altogether without exception that the changes studied by any science tend to equilibrate or neutralize the forces which bring them about, and finally to come to rest."

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Source : Frank Hyneman Knight (1997). “The Ethics of Competition”, p.179, Transaction Publishers

Frank Knight

#Force Quotes #Exception Quotes

“I've always wanted to be a giant space crab.”

Source : "Pinch Spaceships, Look Stupid: Living The Life Of A Giant Space Crab" by Ryan Rigney, www.wired.com. April 26, 2013.
“Fortunately, her year of graduate classes prepared her for obnoxious conduct.”
“Being patted is what it is all about.”
“And now I wish I hadnâ€™t been civil, because he says he shall not despair! He is as stupid as Endymion!â€ â€œNo, no!â€ said Alverstoke soothingly. â€œNobody could be as stupid as Endymion!”
“The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope.”
“Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.”
“It is the tenderness that breaks our hearts. The loveliness that leaves us stranded on the shore, watching the boats sail away. It is the sweetness that makes us want to reach out and touch the soft skin of another person. And it is the grace that comes to us, undeserving though we may be.”
“We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world.”

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