"I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)"

-- Timothy Egan

#Believe Quotes #Facts Quotes #Uncertain Quotes

“Colour is, on the evidence of language alone, very bound up with the feelings.”

Source : Marion Milner (2010). “On Not Being Able To Paint”, p.183, Routledge
“I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.”
“a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor.”
“A â€¦ difference between most system-building in the social sciences and systems of thought and classification of the natural sciences is to be seen in their evolution. In the natural sciences both theories and descriptive systems grow by adaptation to the increasing knowledge and experience of the scientists. In the social sciences, systems often issue fully formed from the mind of one man. Then they may be much discussed if they attract attention, but progressive adaptive modification as a result of the concerted efforts of great numbers of men is rare.”
“Punctuationally speaking, wonder is a period at the end of a statement we've long taken for granted, suddenly looking up and seeing the sinuous curve of a tall black hat on its head, and realizing it was a question mark all along.”

Source : David James Duncan (2002). “My Story as Told by Water: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-watchings, Fish-stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, from Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark”, p.88, Univ of California Press
“When I was filming the Marilyn Monroe movie, I was listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen.”
“A form of self-delusion.”
“There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.”

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