"As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority is the least to be trusted."

-- Hugh Nibley

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“Not communicating saves energy; it keeps people from worrying about things they cannot do anything about; and it eliminates an enormous amount of useless talk.”

Source : Edwin Newman (1974). “Strictly Speaking: Will america be the Death of English?”
“Whose fault is it if poor Ireland still continues poor?”
“Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.”
“Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.”
“My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.”
“Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.”
“During the time that [Karl] Landsteiner gave me an education in the field of imununology, I discovered that he and I were thinking about the serologic problem in very different ways. He would ask, What do these experiments force us to believe about the nature of the world? I would ask, What is the most. simple and general picture of the world that we can formulate that is not ruled by these experiments? I realized that medical and biological investigators were not attacking their problems the same way that theoretical physicists do, the way I had been in the habit of doing.”
“NBC is excited about the investment in WWF Entertainment, .. The WWF is widely recognized as having created a leading brand and has done a remarkable job gathering large audiences in the coveted male demographics.”

Source : "NBC Invests In WWFE" by Ian Ross, www.ign.com. March 28, 2000.

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