"There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and its employments. How can a soul be a merchant? What relation to an immortal being have the price of linseed, the brokerage on hemp? Can an undying creature debit petty expenses and charge for carriage paid? The soul ties its shoes; the mind washes its hands in a basin. All is incongruous."

-- Walter Bagehot

#Hands Quotes #Shoes Quotes #Ties Quotes

“We're different, we're the same. You thought you'd never find a word to say to a woman who didn't fly airplanes. I couldn't imagine myself spending time with a man who didn't love music. Could it be it's not as important to be alike as it is to be curious? Because we're different, we can have the fun of exchanging worlds, giving our loves and excitements to each other. You can learn music, I can learn flying. And that's only the beginning. I think it would go on for us as long as we live.”
“I had always been an enthusiastic reader of stuff about ancient Greece. I would read Herodotus and Thucydides just for fun.”
“I'm old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.”
“I take pleasure as a reader in books that tease with a kind of urgency of the real, even if it's only a manufactured effect.”
“The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.”
“Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top.”
“I wanted to be a psychological engineer, but we lacked the facilities, so I did the next best thing - I went into politics. It's practically the same thing.”
“I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.”

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