"We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking."

-- Jacques Yves Cousteau

#Thinking Quotes #Myopic Quotes #Logic Quotes

“With all the traveling and promotion I've been doing for 'Murderball,' its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training.”
“The ecological principle of unity in diversity grades into a richly mediated social principle; hence my use of the term social ecology.”
“There's nothing wrong with being a genius who can fascinate the young. Rather, there's something wrong with the young who can't be fascinated by a genius.”
“Thou hadst, for weary feet, the gift of rest.”

Source : William Watson (1936). “The Poems of Sir William Watson: 1878-1935”
“If at first you don't succeed...run.”
“I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.”
“Scientifically, I know beginnings donâ€™t exist. The world is made of energy, which is neither created nor destroyed. Everything she is was here before me. Everything she was will remain. Her existence touches both my past and my future at one pointâ€”infinity. Lifelines arenâ€™t lines at all. Theyâ€™re more like circles. Itâ€™s safe to start anywhere and the story will curve its way back to the starting point. Eventually. In other words, it doesnâ€™t matter where I begin. It doesnâ€™t change the end.”
“My classroom is set up to accommodate the different types of assignments students do. Sitting at a single desk the entire class time just doesnt work for this type of class.”

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