"That knowledge which is popular is not scientific."

-- Maria Mitchell

#Halloween Quotes

“There have been errors in the administration of the most enlightened men.”
“I'm a crazy car guy. I've got an airplane hangar full of cars.”
“I never wanted to get into high end in Colombia - the percentage of people who can afford it is very small, and they can shop abroad anyway. It's just not what I had in mind. I wanted to bring international fashion to as many people here as possible, who don't usually get exposed to such styles.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“You know, when I was younger I was into all kinds of art - drawing, painting, all that stuff. But I played drums, played piano forever.”
“Even if a king defeats his enemy in battle, that still doesn't settle anything. There are other, less numerous armies of philosophers and scientists, and their contests determine the true triumph or defeat of nations. One scholar is matched with another; one creative mind with another; and one judicious temperament with his counterpart. A victory won on that field counts for three won by force of arms.”

Source : "The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon". Book by Cyrano de Bergerac, 1657.
“Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.”

Source : Plotinus (1952). “The Six Enneads”, p.48, Hayes Barton Press
“Enthusiasm is something so positive.”
“Don't get hung up on a snag in the stream, my dear. Snags alone are not so dangerous-it's the debris that clings to them that makes the trouble. Pull yourself loose and go on.”

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