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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Innocence in genius,...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Innocence in genius,...

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

Source: In...

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Jacques Cousteau: What is a...

Jacques Cousteau: What is a...

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know...

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Carl Sagan: If intelligence is...

Carl Sagan: If intelligence is...

If intelligence is our only edge, we must learn to use it better, to shape it, to understand its limitations and...

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Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Use what talents...

Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Use what talents...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang...

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Walter Gropius: Only work which...

Walter Gropius: Only work which...

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.

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You cannot paint...

You cannot paint...

You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters.

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Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: In dream consciousness...

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: In dream consciousness...

In dream consciousness . . . we make things happen by wishing them, because we are not only the observer of what we...

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Aristotle: How many a...

Aristotle: How many a...

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their...

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The notion that...

The notion that...

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art. . . is merely romantic fiction. . . . The game...

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Every solution breeds...

Every solution breeds...

Every solution breeds new problems.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis E....

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Moreover, perfectionist standards...

Moreover, perfectionist standards...

Moreover, perfectionist standards do not allow for failure. They do not even allow for life, and certainly not...

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The main difference...

The main difference...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Muhammad Ali: I hated every...

Muhammad Ali: I hated every...

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Love is the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Love is the...

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an...

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Edward De Bono: Removing the faults...

Edward De Bono: Removing the faults...

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor...

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A healthy old...

A healthy old...

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

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Culture is what...

Culture is what...

Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.

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Galileo: Facts which at...

Galileo: Facts which at...

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Genius is essentially...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Genius is essentially...

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

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Guillaume Apollinaire: Without poets, without...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Without poets, without...

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe...

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