"I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for highly detailed research plans] because he could not have said, 'I propose to have an accident in a culture so that it will be spoiled by a mould falling on it, and I propose to recognize the possibility of extracting an antibiotic from this mould.'"

-- Hans Selye

#Fall Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.”
“I think the first time I ever wore a tuxedo was when I played at the Talk Of The Town in 1967, because it was a nightclub and that was the thing to do.”
“To keep a vow, means not to keep from breaking it, but rather to devote the rest of one's life to discovering what the vow means, and to be willing to change and to grow accordingly.”

Source : Mike Mason (1985). “Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle”, Multnomah
“There is no association richer than the companionship of husband and wife.”
“What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.”
“Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy.”

Source : "Class Interview with Anita Desai". www.baruch.cuny.edu. 2003.
“Nothing can be made except by makers, nothing can be managed except by managers. Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.”
“It is not preaching any rules the world wants, but love and action.”

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