"I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a direct intervention on our part that we may remedy the difficulties, but rather by a precise knowledge of their causes, which may enable us, if not to check, at least to avoid the evil consequences."

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Source : Louis Agassiz (1882). “Report on the Florida Reefs”

#Ocean Quotes #Men Quotes #Evil Quotes

“Coffee is the official beverage of culture.”
“People around me never say anything. They just seem to want to hear what I have to say. That's why I do all the talking.”
“A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming.”
“Do not waste your time on light, weak, milkÂtoast ministries and books”
“You will never win if you don't deal with your work ethically. All that you need to do is to stick to your principles; morals are relative.”
“I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape and a better feeling. You evolve into and out of things, and go through stages, but, ultimately, you do improve.”
“Before it can be solved, a problem must be clearly defined.”
“The neo-conservatives, who are closely linked to the neo-corporatists, are rather different. They claim to be conservatives, when everything they stand for is a rejection of conservatism. They claim to present an alternate social model, when they are little more than the courtiers of the corporatist movement. Their agitation is filled with the bitterness and cynicism typical of courtiers who scramble for crumbs at the banquet tables of real power, but are always denied a proper chair.”

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