"For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers of explanation."

-- Jacques Barzun

#Authority Quotes #Mass Quotes #Method Quotes

“People feel certain things. Hispanics feel certain things towards blacks. Blacks feel certain things towards other groups. It's been that way historically and it will always be that way.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
“Space and time are figments of you're imagination, unless the guy you're flying next to won't shut up.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dov Davidoff from Feb 10, 2012
“It normally happens that if you put two words together, or two syllables together, one of them will attract more weight, more emphasis, than the other. In other words, most so-called spondees can be read as either iambs or trochees.”
“Rapid change of conditions in all human affairs bring unexpected results.”

Source : Frank Haskell, Franklin Aretas Haskell, William C. Oates (1992). “Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts”, Bantam Books
“All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone.”

Source : Sang-Jin Han, Kim Dae-Jung, Richard Von Weizsaecker (2015). “Divided Nations and Transitional Justice: What Germany, Japan and South Korea Can Teach the World”, p.59, Routledge
“I auditioned for a community theater-slash-professional production of Oliver Twist in Union City when I was 11 because my cousin wanted to be an actor and I was visiting her and it seemed like fun. I was Oliver. I hadn't had any training, I was just a cute kid. There was an agent in the audience.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“Language is like drinking from one's own reflection in still water. We only take from it what we are at the time.”
“Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none”

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