"I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor"

-- Thomas A. Edison

#Names Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Trying Quotes

“This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn't in fact been given public release, it was released in February ...”

Source : "Prescott Triumphs on Slippery Slopes of Syntax" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2004.
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
“It would be beautiful to photograph the winners of everything from Nobel to booby prize, clutching trophy, or money or certificate, solemn or smiling or tear stained or bloody, on the precarious pinnacle of the human landscape.”
“Once we are fed, heated, housed and healthy, our extra consumption inevitably has an element of luxury about it. And once luxury enters the scene, the practicalities are in trouble, as women who wear expensive stiletto heels can testify.”
“I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be.”
“Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that was called cheating. The curriculum sent the clear message to me that learning was a highly individualistic, almost secretive, endeavor. My working class experience...was disparaged.”
“[At age 76:] A good life is like a good play -- it has to have a satisfying and exciting third act.”
“I bullshit on the phone all day with a variety of people discussing various projects, and occasionally write jokes.”

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