#ok

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#formerly #magic #medicine #men #mistake

Even the worst book can give us something to think about. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#book #even #give #something #think

Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#am #different #different points #distance #duality

Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#always #beginning #book #events #every

You know, I'm worried about Szymborska. I wish she would stop smoking. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#i #i wish #know #she #smoking

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#easy #outspoken #speak #truth #wait

So, if you look at what's common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#brands #common #companies #fields #four

I think we've broken story after story that the rest of the media refused to break even when they had the story because they were scared of the story, or they just didn't think it was appropriate. ↗

— David Talbot

#appropriate #because #break #broken #even

Thirteen years I took on this last book. ↗

— Gay Talese

#i #last #teen years #thirteen #thirteen years

The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn't have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism. ↗

— David Talbot

#closest thing #cruz #i #journalism #me