"Everybody should espouse three or four harmless crank theories for the pure pleasure of having something harmless to be cranky about. And when a theory of this sort proves correct, it is a true moment for celebration."

-- Alexei Panshin

#Three Quotes #Four Quotes #Celebration Quotes

“One thing in any case is certain: man is neither the oldest nor the most constant problem that has been posed for human knowledge.”
“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.”
“Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics.”

Source : "Dear Donald Trump: Winter Does Not Disprove Global Warming" by Chris Mooney, www.motherjones.com. January 02, 2014.
“I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.”

Source : "Jack Horner knows his dinosaurs" by Peggy Mihelich, www.cnn.com. March 8, 2007.
“I've never been the type of artist to plateau or have a big peak in my career and then a big decline.”
“There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.”
“I feel quite grounded, which is great.”

Source : "Q&A: BBC America’s Tom Weston-Jones Talks Gritty New Show Copper, His Famous Name". Interview with Jolie Lash, www.accesshollywood.com. August 17, 2012.
“Rumination tends to be eased if we learn to be mindful; if we are able to be aware of, and understand how our own thoughts work.”

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