"But, say you, surely there is nothing easier than for me to imagine trees, for instance, in a park [. . .] and nobody by to perceive them. [...] The objects of sense exist only when they are perceived; the trees therefore are in the garden [. . .] no longer than while there is somebody by to perceive them."

-- George Berkeley

#Garden Quotes #Tree Quotes #Parks Quotes

“Singles are your safest songs on the records. Ones that piss fewer people off, that appeal more to the masses.”
“Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.”
“KNOWLEDGE is only Power to the Extent that it is... U S E D”
“In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.”
“Cost Accounting is enemy number one of productivity.”

Source : Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox (1992). “The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement”
“He [William Harvey] did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with an undervalue.”
“When your friends have done right by you, you do right by them.”
“Do we know our poor people? Do we know the poor in our house, in our family? Perhaps they are not hungry for a piece of bread. Perhaps our children, husband, wife, are not hungry, or naked, or dispossessed, but are you sure there is no one there who feels unwanted, deprived of affection?”

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