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“You know,” began Bunny, “they’re a funny couple of words, aren’t they – ‘political correctness’? I’m a muck savage from the shitty end of Cork, and nobody’s idea of diplomat material, but it strikes me that those two words are simply a derogatory label for what used to be known as basic manners. I live by a very simple rule because I’m a very simple man: people deserve respect until they prove they don’t. I don’t really care who they are, where they’re from or what they look like.”
― Firewater Blues
― Firewater Blues
“If you want to truly advance the path of knowledge, you must not just revere your master, study, and build on his teachings. You must seek out his mistakes.”
― The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy
― The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy
“I repeat my motto: poco spero, nulla chiedo.” Little I hope, nothing I ask.”
― River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
― River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
“The more I study religion,” he wrote, “the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anyone but himself.”
― River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
― River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
“Don’t end up a clone of your thesis adviser,’” he [Oliver Smithies] told me. 'Take your skills to a place that’s not doing the same sort of thing. Take your skills and apply them to a new problem, or take your problem and try completely new skills.”
― Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
― Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
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