"Those who have no mental vigilance, Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate, With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug, Their learning will not settle in their memories."

#Wisdom Quotes #Memories Quotes #Teaching Quotes

“Well, duh. You're cuter than she is." He said it like he might say, Grass is green or, Gravity works. Something warm opened up inside my chest. It was a nice feeling.”
“When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.”
“I really enjoyed the sort of real crazy, eclectic layering stuff and how it all worked together. I could tell it was some of it was derivative of something. I could tell that certain things were being looped around and I just really enjoyed the way that it all came together.”
“Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.”
“We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right last year.”

Source : Edwin Land's statement to Polaroid Corporation employees (June 25, 1958) as quoted in Victor K. McElheny "Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land" (p. 189), 1998.
“My days all follow much the same pattern. They are structured and typical.”
“I think love is blind. I hate to use that cliched statement, but people, when they love somebody, they seem to be able to somehow to put aside red flags.”
“Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.”

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