"Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge."

-- John Boyd Orr

#Civilization Quotes #Stimulus Quotes

“Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.”
“Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.”
“If it were up to me, every job would be somewhere in Canada.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Scientific discovery may not be better than sex, but the satisfaction lasts longer.”
“Notice that tearing oneself out of the insensible state is the opposite of remaining in it; the man who is beneficent from duty nevertheless acts with feelings, if not with empirical inclinations.”
“The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry. I watch certain politicians get asked questions that need answers and may just prance around with a big laugh and smile on my face. Politicians have an arrogance. I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debate since high school.”
“I have always loved the gaps, the spaces between things, as much as the things. I love staring, pondering, mulling, puttering. I love the times when someone or something is late-there's that rich possibility of noticing more, in the meantimePoetry calls us to pause. There is so much we overlook, while the abundance around us continues to shimmer, on its own.”
“Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.”

Source : Common Misquotations introduction (1934)

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