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5 Great Ray Bradbury Quotes About Death
Ray Bradbury, known for his imaginative and evocative tales of Martian lands and sinister carnival characters, died Tuesday (June 5) at the age of 91. During his lengthy career as a sci-fi writer, Bradbury mused on death (and life) at … Continue reading
Seven Blunders of the World
1. Wealth without work2. Pleasure without conscience3. Knowledge without character4. Commerce without morality5. Science without humanity6. Worship without sacrifice7. Politics without principle —Mahatma Gandhi
Quotations on Courage & Manliness
1) “Once you have got them by the balls, their hearts and minds would follow.” – Movie Three’s Crowd
2) “Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death.” – Wilson, Earl ; 1907-, American newspaper columnist
3) “Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” – Churchill, Winston ; 1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister Continue reading
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Quotations on Professionalism
1) "The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession." – Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Valley of Fear" 2) “Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” – Oscar … Continue reading
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Quotations on Politics
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’" – Isaac Asimov
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Quotations on Intelligent Life and Universe
1) “Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” – Stephen Hawking … Continue reading
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