"I'd like - inviting aliens and have them observe what we do because so much of what we do that we take for granted will just be weird or extraordinary or just plain dumb when observed by an alien from another civilization."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Civilization Quotes #Dumb Quotes #Aliens Quotes

“Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.”
“If you suffer [death] in the way of God, it will be your profit in this world, and your reward in the next.”

Source : "Five Tracts of Hasan Al-Banna: A Selection from the Majmu at Rasail al-Imam al-Shahid Hasan al-Banna". Translated and annotated by Charles Wendell, p. 156,
“Getting a mentor is the shortcut to success.”
“He looked at my lips. I suddenly found myself wanting to lick his. 'Yes,' he replied, his eyes going molten. My breath caught in my throat as he reached out and brushed a strand of hair where it had flown across my cheek. 'I believe we do have unfinished business.' 'Good.' I gulped, suddenly one big mass of tingling body parts that wanted an immediate introduction to all of his body parts. I tried to slam down a mental barrier between his mind and mine, but it did no good. The cheerleaders in my groin were setting up fundraising car washes to finance a field trip to his groin.”
“You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.”
“Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.”

Source : Michelle Sagara (2009). “Chronicles of Elantra bundle: Cast in Shadow\Cast in Courtlight\Cast in Secret”, p.685, LUNA
“The primary purpose of reading the Bible is not to know the Bible but to know God.”
“Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life.”

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