"I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar."

-- Eugene Ormandy

#Mean Quotes #Manage Quotes

“Experience gives us the tests first and the lessons later.”
“Full moons, skunk weed all up in the room; You got the munchies, baby? Ice cold milk and Lorna Doones.”
“I guess that makes our biggest weakness lack of strength.”
“I believe a lot in instinct. One should never dull it by wanting to know everything. One shouldn't ask too many questions but do what one does properly, never rush, and never torment oneself.”
“If we are so rich, why aren't we happy?”
“I know how bad a thing it is to be a slave and I know how terrible it was but I don't believe that there's a free person in the whole world that knows how good a cup full of water can taste. Because you have to be a deprived slave, to be kept waiting for your water like we were to really appreciate how good just one swallow can be. When we finally got a drop on our tongues it was like something straight from the hands of the Almighty.”
“Patriotism is being convinced your country is better because you were born in it.”
“When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure.”

Source : John D Barrow (2014). “The Origin Of The Universe: Science Masters Series”, p.89, Basic Books

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