"The modern physicist is a quantum theorist on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and a student of gravitational relativity on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. On Sunday, he is praying... that someone will find the reconciliation between the two views."

-- Norbert Wiener

#Friday Quotes #Monday Quotes #Sunday Quotes

“Where focus goes, energy flows. And where energy flows, whatever you're focusing on grows. In other words, your life is controlled by what you focus on. That's why you need to focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear. When you next find yourself in a state of uncertainty, resist your fear. Shift your focus toward where you want to go and your actions will take you in that direction.”
“Under the Dodd-Frank law, the SEC got the lion's share of the rules to write, more than 100 rules, and we have done an extraordinary amount of that. Eighty percent have been either proposed or adopted. So, a lot, a lot accomplished but of course, more to do.”
“Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was.”

Source : Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.66, Macmillan
“I write about heroes all the time, and I'm struck by how much of what fills us with wonder in the man-made world was the brainchild of a monster. I mean, slaves built most of the ancient wonders, our city skylines are dominated by the product of sometimes very ruthless capitalist ideals. There's a horrifying thought that I often wonder, which is, are monsters sometimes necessary?”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.”

Source : FaceBook post by Toni Braxton from Oct 25, 2016
“My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.”
“If I could simplify the whole game of power and strategy in one equation, it would all hinge on the capacity to see events around you exactly as they are. The closer your mind is to reality, the better your strategies, your responses in life.”
“There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors.”

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