"We think highly of men when we do not know the extent of their capabilities, for we always suppose that more exists when we only see half."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Half Quotes

“A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.”
“Confidentiality is the nature of all governments. Of course you may say, the government will always want to communicate the good news; things which bring satisfaction, cheer, help or pleasure to voters. And of course, you are right, governments are not masochists by nature.”
“When you actually sit down to write some code, you learn things that you didn't get from thinking about them in modeling terms...there is a feedback process there that you can only really get at from executing some things and seeing what works”
“The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices.”
“I'm not making art, I'm making sushi”
“While I live, every criminal must die.”

Source : "Age of Reason Begins: Volume 7", by Will and Ariel Durant, (p. 240), 1961.
“I can't even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars.”
“Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every modern instrument, and unless you keep calm and collected you will get into trouble after you have been inside a really thick one for a few minutes. In the very early days of aviation, 1912 to be correct, I emerged from a cloud upside down, much to my discomfort, as I didn't know how to get right way up again. I found out somehow, or I wouldn't be writing this.”

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