"The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: capital deepening and total factor productivity growth, or TFP growth."

“The field of scientific abstraction encompasses independent kingdoms of ideas and of experiments and within these, rulers whose fame outlasts the centuries. But they are not the only kings in science. He also is a king who guides the spirit of his contemporaries by knowledge and creative work, by teaching and research in the field of applied science, and who conquers for science provinces which have only been raided by craftsmen.”

“There is no God, and conversation is a dying art.”

“Jealousy always gets the best of me.”

“The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer.”

“Everything is fine and bright. Day must follow every night. My power keeps me safe from harm. The Goddess holds me in her arms.”

Source : Cate Tiernan (2009). “Full Circle”, p.8, Penguin

“Rip Torn thought I was being a wise guy, and one afternoon he got pretty angry with me after telling me to do something and he thought I was pretending like I didn't know what he meant.But he was very frustrated. He was very frustrated as a director in trying to get his little theater group going. It was called The Sanctuary Theater Workshop, I think, and he wanted to do these classical plays by people like August Strindberg, and he was fighting hard to get his show up and be good and be professional.”

Source : Source: tv.avclub.com

“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.”

“If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.”