“Any education system that only memorizes things creates robots and will never produce Nobel laureates. Any education system that only emphasizes improvisation will get a bunch of people who may think they are creative, but they are functionally illiterate.” PeopleThinkingMayCreativeProduceBunchRobotsNobelImprovisationEducation SystemIlliterate Author:John Medina
“So GMOs, who knows? Maybe GMOs will come, they will get maize that produces double. But who knows what else may happen to the maize?” KnowsMayHappensProduceGmosMaize Author:Wangari Maathai
“For me, it's the unexpected and surprising combinations of produce that are the most exciting and lure me into the kitchen for a little bit of experimenting. Apples and sweet potatoes together? Who knew? Carrots with grapes? Okay. I may not be Julia Child, but I can do pretty well with a simple recipe and a lot of enthusiasm.” WellsMayChildrenLittlesI CanTogetherBitsCan DoSimpleProduceSweetLittle BitOkayExcitingEnthusiasmCombinationKitchenApplesUnexpectedSurprisingRecipesPotatoesGrapesLureCarrotsJuliaI May Not BeSweet Potatoes Author:Marlo Thomas
“The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.” MayLittlesSaidEyeEffectsProduceColorPaintingIllContraryShockOppositionContrast Book:Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)
“Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.” FirstsMayPerfectStageCarProduceFaultsCoachesUnlikelyMotorMotor Cars Author:Edward de Bono
“It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this age of deodorants and other perversions. Actually, I find the atmosphere of this room rather comforting. Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs. You may remember that Mark Twain preferred to lie supinely in bed while composing those rather dated and boring efforts which contemporary scholars try to prove meaningful. Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.” NeedsWritingTryingHumansWellsMayBodyAgeRememberLyingCertainOrderForgetRoomsEffortProduceNeededTerribleBedProveIntellectualRootsMarkCurrentsBoringSmellMeaningfulContemporaryAtmosphereApplesScholarDesksScentComfortingHuman BodyNeed YouConfinedComposingPerversionOdorRottingVenerationDeodorantStalemate Book:A Confederacy of Dunces Source: A Confederacy of Dunces