Mugnier Clos Quotes & Sayings

To be able to dispense with good things is tantamount to possessing them. — Jean-Francois Regnard

The most important statistic, the one that told the story with the most unbiased clarity, was that the current death rate from cancer was still the same as it was in 1950. — Travis Christofferson

He hated House members who longed only to run for the Senate, and senators who longed only to run for the presidency. He was appalled by what he felt television had done to the Senate by the mid-fifties. It had become a major launching platform for presidential campaigns. He thought television had ruined the Senate as a serious body. All they do there is preen and comb their hair and run for President. It's like a presidential primary over there, — David Halberstam

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. — Winston Churchill

Life isn't nearly as stable as we want it to be. — Jodi Picoult

Bring the best of your Authentic Self to every opportunity. — John Jantsch

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

No phenomenon directly involving a frequency has yet been detected above approximately 10^12 cycles per second. We only deduce the higher frequencies from the energy of the particles, by a rule which assumes that the particle-wave idea of quantum mechanics is valid. — Richard Feynman

If, like me, nothing is more important to you than our children's future, then their opportunities must be protected. — Andrew Lansley

The Aztecs and the Elizabethans looked into their mirrors to discern danger. Today those who peer into the future want only relief from anxiety. Unable to face the prospect that the cycles of war will continue, they are desperate to find a pattern of improvement in history. It is only natural that believers in reason, lacking any deeper faith and too feeble to tolerate doubt, should turn to the sorcery of numbers. Happily there are some who are ready to assist them. Just as the Elizabethan magus transcribed tables shown to him by angels, the modern scientific scryer deciphers numerical auguries of angels hidden in ourselves. — John N. Gray

I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself to think. — John Dickson Carr

Why did people need a permit to ride a bike?' I ask. 'Because they could bring messages! Pass on news!' Koch cries. 'There was no other transport. People on bikes could evade checkpoints, they could have secret meetings.' Clearly the atmosphere of paranoid control had set in early under the Russians. — Anna Funder

Me to Comma: I will never get use to you wanting to butt your way into my sentences
even if you're right. — Buffy Andrews

No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen. — Bob Ross

Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. In the end they're all that remain of us. — John Birmingham