"We are so impressed by scientific clank that we feel we ought not to say that the sunflower turns because it knows where the sun is. It is almost second nature to us to prefer explanations . . . with a large vocabulary. We are much more comfortable when we are assured that the sunflower turns because it is heliotropic. The trouble with that kind of talk is that it tempts us to think that we know what the sunflower is up to. But we don't. The sunflower is a mystery, just as every single thing in the universe is."

-- Robert Farrar Capon

#Thinking Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes #Sunflower Quotes

“Words could be just as deadly as steel.”

Source : Sarah J. Maas (2014). “The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas”, p.156, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I think the camera was always my obsession, the camera movements. Because for me it's the most important thing in the move, the camera, because without the camera, film is just a stage or television - nothing.”
“It's always important to be yourself.”

Source : FaceBook post by Leighton Meester from Nov 18, 2012
“Storm is prerequisite to mental gain”

Source : Song: Liquid Sovereignty
“To say that you can 'have experience,' means, for one thing, that your past plays into and affects your present, and that it defines your capacity for future experience. As a social scientist, you have to control this rather elaborate interplay, to capture what you experience and sort it out; only in this way can you hope to use it to guide and test your reflection, and in the process shape yourself as an intellectual craftsman”
“Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds.”

Source : George H. Harrison, Roger Tory Peterson (1976). “Roger Tory Peterson's Dozen Birding Hot Spots”, Simon & Schuster
“I'm not a designer, I'm a creator.”

Source : "Work Hard, Play Hard: Backstage With Nicola Formichetti". Interview with Alice Pfeiffer, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 20, 2011.
“The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone's problem, be aware that most people aren't going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question.”

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