#cia

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#am #anything #because #dreadful #fiction

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#ever #home #magician #name #spirit

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#am #ancestors #cultural #derive #feeling

Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds. ↗

— Richard Wagner

#music #musician #richard #sounds #than

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid. ↗

— Trent Dilfer

#been #especially #golf #haven #hit

The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate. What do I need to stay grounded, in touch, in love, connected, emotionally balanced? Look within yourself. ↗

— Celine Dion

#balanced #connected #emotionally #especially #find

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#especially #forms #immensely #short #writing

Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation. ↗

— Walt Disney

#appreciation #communication #conceive #devised #explain

I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company. ↗

— Richard Donner

#company #i #lucky #my own #own

Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#duty #only #people #secure #social