"We are as gods and might as well get good at it."

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Source : Stewart Brand (2010). “Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, RestoredWildlands, and Geoeng ineering Are Necessary”, p.1, Penguin

Stewart Brand

#Might Quotes #Wells Quotes

“The essence of voluntary simplicity is living in a way what is outwardly simple and inwardly rich.”
“After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.”
“The Universe is worked and guided from within outwards.”

Source : H. P. Blavatsky (2011). “The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy”, p.274, Cambridge University Press
“Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.”

Source : Neil Peart (2002). “Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road”, p.457, ECW Press
“Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while the second was world number one.”
“Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine”
“If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works most of the time.”
“Naturally, when a young fellow steps up into a big position, it breeds jealousy among those whom he's left behind and uneasiness among those to whom he's pulled himself up. Between them he's likely to be subjected to a lot of petty annoyances. But he's in the fix of a dog with fleas who's chasing a rabbit -- if he stops to snap at the tickling on his tail, he's going to lose his game dinner.”

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