"The most important question of the 21st century is not what or how much, it is 'How?' How do you propose to turn your good ideas into positive changes in other people's lives? You must be the 'how generation.'"

-- William J. Clinton

#Ideas Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“Before the first atomic bomb test, scientists took the time to calculate whether the blast would ignite the nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere and incinerate us all. The risk was low and the test went off, but Rees wonders what the odds would have had to be to discourage the bomb makers.”
“May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face, and the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.”

Source : "Fictional character: George Jung". "Blow", 2001.
“To divest one's self of some prejudices would be like taking off the skin to feel the better.”
“Doing art that has a happy ending, that doesn't seem really corny, is extremely difficult to pull off convincingly.”
“The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this. We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this.”
“Why isnâ€™t the word â€œphoneticallyâ€ spelled with an â€œfâ€?”
“Now the windows, blinded by the glare of the empty square, had fallen asleep. The balconies declared their emptiness to heaven; the open doorways smelt of coolness and wine.”

Source : Bruno Schulz, Jonathan Safran Foer, David Goldfarb (2008). “The street of crocodiles and other stories”, Penguin Classics
“If you've ever swum in the ocean, and you go underneath the waves, you know, you're kind of moved by the currents, but you're not being slapped around at the top of the water by the waves. And that's sort of what meditation is like.”

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