"Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century."

-- Alan Dean Foster

#Writing Quotes #World Quotes #Funny Travel Quotes

“If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterward.”
“Lucy Fry and I became very good friends on the setâ€¦I called her â€˜Royal Hignessâ€™ & she answered, â€˜Yes, my Guardian.”
“Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it will forever remain the most disturbing of mysteries.”
“Wealth and fame can only be so important in the face of musical magic”
“Because of the interconnectedness of all minds, affirming a positive vision may be about the most sophisticated action any one of us can take.”
“This example illustrates the differences in the effects which may be produced by research in pure or applied science. A research on the lines of applied science would doubtless have led to improvement and development of the older methods-the research in pure science has given us an entirely new and much more powerful method. In fact, research in applied science leads to reforms, research in pure science leads to revolutions, and revolutions, whether political or industrial, are exceedingly profitable things if you are on the winning side.”

Source : Attributed in "The Life of Sir J. J. Thomson" by Lord Rayleigh, (p. 199), 1943.
“And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.”
“One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew and as an observer of Jews.”

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