"Science is a set of rules that keep the scientists from lying to each other."

-- Kenneth Stafford Norris

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“Yet another hedge fund manager explained Icelandic banking to me this way: you have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that each is worth a billion dollars. You sell me the dog for a billion, and I sell you the cat for a billion. Now we are no longer pet owners but Icelandic banks, with a billion dollars in new assets.”
“I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book.”
“Louise de Keroualle, being a Frenchwoman from the French court, was feared by most Englishmen for how she might influence their king, and that fear quickly turned to hatred.”
“All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.”

Source : "Horrible histories" by Xan Brooks, May 18, 2005.
“I have spent too much time with my eye glued to the viewfinder and ended up missing both the image of the mind and that on film.”
“What advice would I give the average homeowner to protect himself against burglars? Well, the first thing is to keep a light on in the house when you go out. It must be at least a sixty-watt bulb; anything less and the burglar will ransack the house, out of contempt for the wattage.”
“After much prayer, careful study and reliance on the Holy Spirit, I have concluded this about Christâ€™s intercession for us. Jesus died on the cross to purchase peace with God for me â€“ and He is in heaven now to maintain that peace, for me and in me.”
“Have faith in God; God has faith in you.”

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