Renat Khanzarov > Renat's Quotes

“Всегда и везде с осторожностью относитесь к воспоминаниям людей старшего поколения. Они вовсе не думают обманывать себя и других, но сами видят вместо прошедшей жизни мираж отобранных памятью ощущений и образов, окрашенных вдобавок тоскливым сожалением о днях выносливой и здоровой молодости, быстро отдыхающей, крепко спящей. И полагающей, что так будет всегда, что естественный конец всего живого ее или не касается, или скрыт в неведомой дали.”
― Ivan Yefremov, Лезвие бритвы

“People often ask, "What is the single most important environmental population problem facing the world today?" A flip answer would be, "The single most important problem is our misguided focus on identifying the single most important problem!”
― Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

“History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.”
― Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

“To me, the conclusion that the public has the ultimate responsibility for the behavior of even the biggest businesses is empowering and hopeful, rather than disappointing. My conclusion is not a moralistic one about who is right or wrong, admirable or selfish, a good guy or a bad guy. My conclusion is instead a prediction, based on what I have seen happening in the past. Businesses have changed when the public came to expect and require different behavior, to reward businesses for behavior that the public wanted, and to make things difficult for businesses practicing behaviors that the public didn't want. I predict that in the future, just as in the past, changes in public attitudes will be essential for changes in businesses' environmental practices.”
― Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

“You are now in a state in which a fly would be whose microscopic eye was changed to one similar to that of man: and you are wholly unable to associate what you see with your former knowledge.”
― Humphry Davy