"It's not the genius who is 100 years ahead of his time but average manÂ who is 100 years behind it."

-- Robert Musil

#Men Quotes #Average Quotes #Years Quotes

“Please. Donâ€™t switch off my mind by attempting to straighten me out. Listen and understand, and when you feel contempt donâ€™t express it, at least not verbally, at least not to me.”
“Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus.”
“I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives.”
“You had to make a camera look like it's traveling at 300 mph, but you couldn't make it actually travel at 300 mph so you had to slow everything down and build devices to do that. So you were constantly engineering.”
“Miracles are manifestations for which science has no definition, no analysis.”
“In the life of a singer, it's not all triumphs and happy memories; there are days you have to go out there when it's the last thing you feel like doing.”
“The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, but not speaking our language, they have no voice, no vote; it is our moral duty to take care of them.”

Source : Roger Tory Peterson (2007). “All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures”, p.271, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Boxing is your father's sport.”

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