“I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing. —Voltaire”
― The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
― The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
“Ask a victim to look at the positive things and she’ll say, ‘I can’t. My eyes are swollen,”
― The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
― The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
“Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done.”
― Think Like a Freak
― Think Like a Freak
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