"Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski."

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Source : "Is Google Making Us Stupid?". www.theatlantic.com. July/August 2008.

Nicholas G. Carr

#Sea Quotes #Guy Quotes #Scuba Divers Quotes

“Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 638-39, quoted on the title page of Broom's Legal Maxims (1911), 1922.
“So our own actions sometimes have undermined our safety, in our efforts to fight terrorism. The only way this can work is if we are aligned with liberals, with moderate Muslim forces. But if our war on terrorism is seen - as it is seen by many Muslims - as a war on Islam itself, it's very hard for us to have Muslim alliances, because America and the West have become so toxic.”
“Well, men go to musicals. Women are the ones that buy the tickets for plays.”
“Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeable relaxation.”

Source : Edward Bellamy (2000). “Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887”, p.41, Applewood Books
“When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.”
“Nothing is worth more than this day.”
“If you sit down and just keep quiet...you are in the state of Self-Awareness. ..keeping quiet means being without any techniques, effort or intention to meditate...not following the thought stream...not pursuing the senses, no imagination...s uch an intense Self-focusing comes without any effort...then, by itself...out of nowhere, wisdom and insights come...”
“Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.”

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