"What are we promoting in society? Well-behaved automatons that spew back what they learned in a book. That's not science. You can get a parrot to do that."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Book Quotes #Parrots Quotes #Wells Quotes

“Is it not an amazing fact that while others leave us and forsake us, that God never does?”
“That's how I believed relationships worked: You go into town, pick up the girl you want, then ride off into the mountains and the townsfolk can't get them back.”
“Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a period, geologically recent, the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact â€” that mystery of mysteries â€” the first appearance of new beings on this earth.”
“I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.”
“I already get 10 job offers a year, which is more than I can handle anyway.”
“You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.”
“Sabbath is the celebration of life beyond and outside productivity.”

Source : Walter Brueggemann (2011). “Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries: Deuteronomy”, p.69, Abingdon Press
“It really is all about believing in yourself: 80 per cent mental, 20 per cent physical.”

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