#w

If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone. ↗

— Roberto Bolano

#arrested #asylum #away #come #everyone

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#country #days #deal #delano #economic

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#hand #heroes #kids #make #movies

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#fact #falsehood #may #opposite #profound

How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#how #making #met #now #paradox

One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#excessive #offset #our #return #simplicity

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#advancement #also #commentary #continue #exponential

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#field #knows #made #mistakes #narrow

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#aspiration #been #chicago #city #even

In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#catcher #deliver #going #govern #house