"There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction."

-- G. I. Gurdjieff

#Law Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“The omelette tasted like flannel.”

Source : James Blish (2017). “A Case of Conscience”, p.109, Open Road Media
“I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no boundaries.”
“Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.”
“My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep appreciation for protecting land and waterways. There, I learned outdoorsmanship.”
“It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.”
“This is a basic requirement the meaning of globalization is that we should admit that the economy of each country is dependent on the economy of all the others.”
“you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!”
“Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who want to prophesy the imminent end of America's unique global role have a harder case to make than those who think we will limp on for a while, making a mess of things as usual.”

Source : "Seven questions for Walter Russell Mead". The Economist Interview, www.economist.com. January 16, 2010.

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