"The world is richer than it is possible to express in any single language."

-- Ilya Prigogine

#World Quotes #Language Quotes

“Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.”
“People never realize how much work impacts there self esteem and sense of purpose until they leave a job.”

Source : "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, Chapter 16, 2003.
“If climate change issues are not adequately addressedâ€”if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not adequately set, if policymakers donâ€™t have it on their radar screensâ€”then financial stability in the medium and long-term is clearly at stake.”
“All crises begin with the blurring of a paradigm and the consequent loosening of the rules for normal research. .. Or finally, the case that will most concern us here, a crisis may end with the emergence of a new candidate for paradigm and with the ensuing battle over its acceptance.”

Source : Thomas S. Kuhn (2012). “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.84, University of Chicago Press
“All money is essentially merchandize.”

Source : "Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth". Book by Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (§ 40), 1766.
“You have to figure that there is something seriously wrong with somebody who wants to enter a profession that deals with whether people are screwing enough. Dealing with spirits, spooks, and demons almost seemed normal.”
“Don't try to live too many days at a time.”
“We've come to expect so little from online privacy measures that public displays of concern about the matter are more or less for show. Being devastated to discover you've been tagged in somebody else's photo has an air of the melodramatic about it at this point.”

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