Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.
Guy Debord (b. 1931), French situationist philosopher. Panegyric, vol. 1, pt. 1 (1989).
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Just goes to show that quotes have their uses – and abuses!
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On Quotations
In thought for today on July 29, 2010 at 00:40Quotes on… Speech « A book of quotations
In Speech on May 30, 2010 at 12:41Brandon is the sort of man everyone speaks well of, but no one remembers to talk to.- Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility)The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.-movie: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom MenaceBetter to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.- Abraham LincolnSpeak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.- Max Ehrmann
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Thought For Today
In thought for today on April 13, 2010 at 09:43
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Never confuse activity with progress.
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Thought For Today
In thought for today on April 12, 2010 at 08:38
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The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)
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Quotes & Some Asides!
In fun, humor, Thought, thought for today on April 10, 2010 at 20:12 |
That government is best which governs least. |
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I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image. – Stephen Hawking
—-> Easier to pull down than push up! Just so easy!
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything. – Samuel Johnson
—> To be something of anything takes time. Else you’re just a bee tasting nectar from every flower. Focus hits the right note.
One doesn’t have a sense of humor. It has you. – Larry Gelbart
—> Yes, it can leave you twisted in knots! Convulsed!
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion. – Ambrose Bierce
—> One believes what one can!
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. |
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Thought For Today
In thought for today on March 27, 2010 at 10:56
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There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. |
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. |
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Thought For Today
In thought for today on March 26, 2010 at 13:33
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An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. -James Albert Michener, novelist (1907-1997)
The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a heaven that it shows itself cloddish. -Evelyn Waugh, novelist (1903-1966)
One cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
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