"In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John."

-- Martin Ryle

#Daughter Quotes #Son Quotes #Two Quotes

“It's frightening how much things change in seventy-one years.”
“Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.”

Source : Theophrastus (1870). “Θεοφραστου Χαρακτηρες”, p.163
“Sometimes you get into a situation and realize that there is so much more to explore there and ask, why are we jumping off the cliff quite yet?”
“Religions, of course, have their own demanding intellectual traditions, as Jesuits and Talmudic scholars might attest.... But, in its less rigorous, popular forms, religion is about as intellectually challenging as the average self-help book. (Like personal development literature, mass market books about spirituality and religion celebrate emotionalism and denigrate reason. They elevate the "truths" of myths and parables over empiricism.) In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.”
“You can't live in this world but there's nowhere else to go.”
“Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for the rest of their life. But that's not being truthful to the music 'cause it's not developing. Cats you hear that don't make no mistakes? They ain't trying to do nothing. everything they hear is on the mark, but they've played it so many times... I've built a whole career out of making mistakes!”
“You've got one life, live it. Follow your dreams, quit your job, drop out of school, tell your boyfriend that he's lousy and walk out the door. This is your time. This is your life. You know what? Dream as big as you want to, its the cheapest thing you'll ever do.”
“Be smart, but never show it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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