"To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority."

-- Morris Raphael Cohen

#People Quotes #Majority Quotes #Authority Quotes

“A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.”
“When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.”
“They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them. Joe would have done anything to ease her suffering, but he knew nothing he might do, or say, could. Her grief would run its course, like a fever, and release her when it was spent. He would not shush her or tell her it was God's will and that her da was better off. That was rubbish and they both knew it. When something hurt as bad as this, you had to let it hurt. There were no shortcuts.”
“The University of Timbuktu never existed. The only thing that existed in Timbuktu was a small mud hut.”
“I'm pretty cynical about the future, but I feel like that's not an ethical position for me to take. It's not okay for me to behave as if I'm cynical about the future. Even if I am.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“For the record, if there's anyone who could flirt with a mountain range, it's probably the person standing in front of you.”
“Obsess about the quality of the product.”
“No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 15, 2016

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