"The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure."

-- Alan Kay

#Freedom Quotes #Science Quotes #Blood Quotes

“The tragedy is not that love doesn't last. The tragedy is the love that lasts.”
“It is important for us to remember that black people have been patriotic and have fought for that American dream in every American war.”

Source : Source: www.neh.gov
“Already this war on gangs in California is taking money from universities to build prisons, and the universities have some clout.”
“Christian socialismâ€). This is a difficult concept for modern liberals to grasp because they are used to thinking of the progressives as the people who cleaned up the food supply, pushed through the eight hour workday, and ended child labor. But liberals often forget that the progressives were imperialists, at home and abroad. They were the authors of Prohibition, the Palmer Raids, eugenics, loyalty oaths, and, in its modern incarnation, what many call â€œstate capitalism.”
“Trust in God. Do your duty. Remember your prayers. Get faith in the Lord, and take hold and build up Zion. All will be right.”

Source : Wilford Woodruff (1946). “The Discourses of Wilford Woodruff”
“The torture that they are coming up with in China is so creative. They have this other method where they'll take a bamboo and they'll plant it in your anus and just let it grow. So patient. Man, watch out for China, I say. They have all the ambition as we do but none of the heart.”
“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”
“I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.”

Source : "The Flaming Lips". Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. August 4, 1999.

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