"The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist."

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Source : VANNEVAR BUSH (1949). “MODERN ARMS AND FREE MEN: A DISCUSSION OF THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN PRESERVING DEMOCRACY”

Vannevar Bush

#Men Quotes #Scene Quotes #Aspiration Quotes

“Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness. Â Everything has to be filled in, it seems-appointment books, hillsides, vacant lots-but when all the spaces are filled, the LonelinessÂ really begins. Â Then the Groups are joined, the Classes are signed up for, and the Gift-to-Yourself items are bought. Â When the Loneliness starts creeping in the door, the Television Set is turned on to make it go away. Â But it doesn't go away. Â So some of usÂ doÂ instead, and after discarding the emptiness of the Big Congested Mess, we discover the fullness of Nothing.”
“What I most cherish is the observation of the movement of colors. Only in this have I found the laws of those simultaneous and complementary color contrasts that nourish the actual rhythm of my vision. In this I find the actual essence, an essence which is not born out of an a priori system or theory.”
“Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.”

Source : "Becket". Play by Jean Anouilh, Act 1, 1959.
“I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.”
“My mother could never have said she loved fall, but as she walked down the steps with her suitcase in hand toward the red Monte Carlo her husband had been waiting in for nearly an hour, she could have said that she respected its place as a mediator between two extremes. Fall came and went, while winter was endured and summer was revered. Fall was the repose that made both possible and bearable, and now here she was was with her husband next to her, heading headlong into an early-fall afternoon with only the vaguest ideas of who they were becoming and what came next.”

Source : Dinaw Mengestu (2010). “How to Read the Air”, p.16, Penguin
“Is poverty of spirit the chief amongst virtues, that Jesus gives it prime place in his teachings? Is it even a virtue at all? Surely not. Manliness of spirit, honesty of spirit, fullness of rightful purpose, these are virtues; poverty of spirit is a crime.”

Source : Charles Bradlaugh (1889). “Theological Essays”, p.366, Library of Alexandria
“I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm always shocked when actors have diva-esque behavior.”

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