"The fact that a cloud from a minor volcanic eruption in Icelandâ€”a small disturbance in the complex mechanism of life on the Earthâ€”can bring to a standstill the aerial traffic over an entire continent is a reminder of how, with all its power to transform nature, humankind remains just another species on the planet Earth."

-- Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek

#Iceland Quotes #Clouds Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I would rather be on a roller coaster life going through hell and back to appreciate the glory instead of having it all at once.”
“I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.”
“Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.”
“How much do they be paying you?" he asked mellowly. "The usual salary. A little more than they think I'm worth and a little less than I think I'm worth.”
“Men look on knowledge which they learn--or might learn--from others as they do on the most beautiful structures which are not their own: in outward objects, they would rather behold their own hogsty than their neighbor's palace; and in mental ones, would prefer one grain of knowledge gained by their own observation to all the wisdom of a thousand Solomons.”
“Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.”

Source : "Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frédéric Amiel". Book by Henri Frederic Amiel, Macmillan, transl. by Humphry Ward, 1893.
“When you put your arms around me, You let me know there's nothing in this world I can't do”
“There are millions of people out there who would love to become astronauts, who'd love to go to space - they'd love to look back at this wonderful world from space. That will be the engine that will enable us then to develop spaceships to transport people around the world at tremendous speeds in an environmentally friendly way.”

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