"Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple."

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Source : C.W. Ceram (2012). “Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology”, p.262, Vintage

C. W. Ceram

#Teaching Quotes #Simple Quotes #Genius Quotes

“And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.”
“Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.”
“I regard affirmative action as pernicious-a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white middle-class women.”
“So why don't we make ourselves the last generation on earth? If we would all agree to have ourselves sterilized then no sacrifices would be required - we could party our way into extinction!”
“Contrary to Warhol's 15 minutes of fame, I think that today in front of insatiable curiosity of the crowd, we would be better off to remain secret as long as possible, work in the denser part of shadows.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of him formed by generalization from his appearances in the past.”

Source : "Complexity and the Arrow of Time". Book by Charles H. Lineweaver, Paul C. W. Davies, and Michael Ruse, p. 243, 2013.
“I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me.”
“We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.”

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