"A Bat meeting any one running away, signifies an evasion: for although she have no wings, yet she flies."

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Source : Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Von Nettesheim (1992). “The Philosophy of Natural Magic”, p.169, Health Research Books

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

#Running Quotes #Wings Quotes #Bats Quotes

“When creating great experiences, it's not so much about doing what users expect. Instead, it's about creating a design that clearly meets their needs at the instant they need it.”
“Sentimentalising is anathema, as far as I am concerned. It leads you into ethical problems about violence and killing and eating meat. The whole world becomes topsy-survy if you impose moralities that were evolved within human society on what a blowfly or what a parasite does... there are lots of emotions you can deduce from an animal's behaviour that are correct, but when you start saying it's feeling guilty or thinking or a loved one or mourning, you must be very careful of those feelings.”
“If I had to pick one scariest thing bout becoming a father, I'd say... the whole thing! From the moment you find out, all the way through the pregnancy, the birth, a new level of fear and horror as a helpless, on-looking bloke and even then when they are out and running about in the world, the fear never ends. It's constant worry, and 'am I doing this right?' and 'why is he making that noise?' and 'has anyone ever died from eating ham?'. It's non-stop.”

Source : Source: in.askmen.com
“Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end, in infancy. Or we can wait and jail a troubled adolescent at the tail end. To some extent, we face a choice between investing in preschools or in prisons.”
“Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story”
“I believe that whoever is successful should help ensure that the next generation can be successful, too.”
“There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror”
“If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.”

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