"Every science is a mutilated octopus. If its tentacles were not clipped to stumps, it would feel its way into disturbing contacts."

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Source : Charles Fort (2006). “Wild Talents”, p.279, Cosimo, Inc.

Charles Fort

#Octopus Quotes #Way Quotes #Stumps Quotes

“I hate those TV shows where characters talk about one thing, such as their patient on the operation table (let's say they're a doctor), then you realize they're actually talking about actually talking about themselves. The patient's open-heart surgery is nothing compared to their own messed-up heart or whatever. It's selfish. And means they're not concentrating, which is medical negligence.”

Source : Jaclyn Moriarty (2010). “The Ghosts Of Ashbury High”, p.112, Scholastic Inc.
“I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.”
“From nothing I have created another entirely new world.”
“All these things that we are very nostalgic for come from a place of technology dictating [art]. This time and place is no different.”
“[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect.”
“You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck.”
“Why do you need to drive a Ferrari to get stuck in a traffic jam anyway? How do people afford these cars?”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2009.
“If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another.”

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