"Newton's law is nothing but the statistics of gravitation, it has no power whatever. Let us get rid of the idea of power from law altogether. Call law tabulation of facts, expression of facts, or what you will; anything rather than suppose that it either explains or compels."

-- Florence Nightingale

#Expression Quotes #Law Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.”
“There is no word in the English language for the feeling someone gets when they suddenly realize they're standing next to an unholy monster impersonating a human. Monstralization, maybe?”
“My face is not that expressive!”
“There's nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don't make the same ones. We don't want to duplicate them.”
“God has a purpose and plan for your life and nothing can stand in the way of it - except you. Are you ready to listen? It's time to stand up and be bold for Jesus.”
“Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.”
“Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years... No one has yet found a case in which true world-class expertise was accomplished in less time. It seems that it takes the brain this long to assimilate all that it needs to know to achieve true mastery.”

Source : "Malcolm Gladwell on Joy, Gates and the Beatles and on stage" by Jack Schofield, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2008.
“It is morally as bad not to care whether anything is true or not...”

Source : Edwin Way Teale (1987). “Circle of the seasons: the journal of a naturalist's year”, Olympic Marketing Corp

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