"We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh from the bottom. Where a beam is taken away a new one must at once be put there, and for this the rest of the ship is used as support. In this way, by using the old beams and driftwood the ship can be shaped entirely anew, but only by gradual reconstruction."

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Source : Otto Neurath, Marie Neurath, Robert Sonné Cohen (1973). “Empiricism and sociology”

Otto Neurath

#Taken Quotes #Sea Quotes #Support Quotes

“We are all so bent and determined to get what we want, we miss the lessons that could be learned from life's experiences. Many of my AIDS patients discovered that the last year of their lives was by far their best. Many have said they wouldn't have traded the rich quality of that last year of life for a healthier body. Sadly, it is only when tragedy strikes that most of us begin attending to the deeper aspects of life. It is only then that we attempt to go beyond surface concerns-what we look like, how much money we make, and so forth-to discover what's really important.”
“I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.”

Source : "Oscar Isaac: 'The irony is not lost on me. Being celebrated for playing someone who wasn't'". Interview with Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2013.
“Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose.”
“A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.”
“I'm glad to see the casual game play coming back now on the Internet, games that aren't violent, that aren't complex that you can sit down and you can have some fun.”
“Your friends avoid you, brutishly transform'd They hardly know you, or if one remains To wish you well, he wishes you in heaven.”

Source : John Armstrong, John Dyer (1858). “The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green: With Memoirs, and Critical Dissertations”, p.56
“We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.”

Source : Democratic National Convention Speech, www.npr.org. September 04, 2012.
“I am fascinated by the indecisive moment and the peripheral view.”

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