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Quote by Josephine Tey

“A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes.”

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Josephine Tey was a British detective novel author known for her intricate plots and psychological insights. Her works combined literary quality with detective elements, profoundly influencing the genre of detective fiction. more

“When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he is ignorant. When he has a hunch as to what the result is, he is uncertain. And when he is pretty darn sure of what the result is going to be, he is still in some doubt. We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt. Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty - some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain.”

“The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of honor than its conqueror.”

Men Country Enough He Man Honor Worthy Grit Conqueror Irrigation

Author:J. Arthur Thomson

“There's a bigger universe at hand.”

Hands Universe Bigger

Author:Marc Webb

“It would be a very odd chancellor of any UK government that insisted on a course of action that cost their own businesses hundreds of millions of pounds, that blew a massive hole in their balance of payments and, because assets and liabilities go hand in hand, would potentially leave the rest of the UK shouldering the entirety of UK debt.”

Hands Government Would Be Action Courses Millions Balance Cost Debt Holes Odd Pounds Massive Assets Payment Hand In Hand Own Business Liability Entirety Assets And Liabilities

Author:Nicola Sturgeon

“A great many people (not you) do now seem to think that the mere state of being worried is in itself meritorious. I don’t think it is. We must, if it so happens, give our lives for others: but even while we’re doing it, I think we’re meant to enjoy Our Lord and, in Him, our friends, our food, our sleep, our jokes, and the birds’ song and the frosty sunrise.”

People Ifs Thinking Giving States Seems Happens Song Enjoy Sleep Lord Our Lives Jokes Bird Mere Worried Great Men Sunrise Our Lord Live For Others Bird Song

Author:C. S. Lewis

“I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something that is not knowledge. You can present it as faith, you can present it as belief, but you can't present it as fact.”

Knows Different Facts Belief Strict Agnostic Casual

Author:Margaret Atwood

“Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know-and what we don't know-about whatever we're trying to learn.”

Thinking Knows Way Writing Trying Subjects Organize Our Thoughts

Author:William Zinsser

“Is any pleasure on Earth as great as a circle of Christian friends?”

Earth Christian Pleasure Circles Circle Of Friends Christian Friends

Author:C. S. Lewis

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