"Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy."

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Source : James Nasmyth (2010). “James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography”, p.52, BoD – Books on Demand

James Nasmyth

#War Quotes #Boys Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“An MBA doesn’t impress me. A GSD does. GSD = Gets Stuff Done.”
“It's all flags, fireworks, family, food and fun That's July Four July Five, the fun is done The fireworks are no more”
“When I hear him sing and see what he can do, though, it's always a reminder of why I look up to Usher as my mentor and why I will always be an Usher fan to my core. But I'm lucky to say that he's an even better friend to me than he's a mentor. He's truly the real deal.”
“And yet here I am. Broken and bleeding on the inside, heartsick, I am here.”
“That's emails for ya: sometimes they're like an arrow that hits so deep in the target, you can't pull it out.”
“The truth is never pretty.”
“Let's go invent tomorrow!”
“But science is the collection of nature's answers; the humanities the collection of men's thoughts.”

Source : Sir Gavin De Beer (1956). “Science and the humanities”

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