I Like a Good Quote
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Naguib Mahfouz –
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Christopher Marlowe –
Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is—more knave than fool.
Benjamin Mays –
The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.
H.L. Mencken –
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
John Stuart Mill -
Strange it is, that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free discussion, but object to their being 'pushed to an extreme'; not seeing that unless the reasons are good for an extreme case, they are not good for any case. Strange that they should imagine that they are not assuming infallibility, when they acknowledge that there should be free discussion on all subjects which can possibly be doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be forbidden to be questioned because it is so certain, that is, because they are certain that it is certain. To call any proposition certain, while there is any one who would deny its certainty if permitted, but who is not permitted, is to assume that we ourselves, and those who agree with us, are the judges of certainty, and judges without hearing the other side.
Arthur Miller –
Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action?
Alan Alex. Milne –
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
Shigeru Miyamoto –
Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock and roll.
Edward R. Murrow –
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Jawaharlal Nehru –
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Alfred E. Neuman –
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.
Friedrich Nietzsche –
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
George Orwell –
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
1 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720866-1-of-9-Aristotle-It-is-the-mark-of-an-educated
2 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720872-2-of-9-Charles-A-Dana-Fight-for-your-opinions-but
3 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720887-3-of-9-John-Kenneth-Galbraith-The-only-function-of
4 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720906-4-of-9-Thomas-Jefferson-Question-with-boldness
5 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720921-5-of-9-Naguib-Mahfouz-You-can-tell-whether-a-man
6 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720932-6-of-9-General-George-S-Patton-Jr-Dont-fight-a
7 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720946-7-of-9-Carl-Sagan-We-live-in-a-society-exquisitely
8 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720957-8-of-9-Leonardo-Da-Vinci-Any-one-who-in-discussion
9 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720970-9-of-9-Anonymous-Classic-Sayings-A-single-blow-of
Naguib Mahfouz –
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Christopher Marlowe –
Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is—more knave than fool.
Benjamin Mays –
The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.
H.L. Mencken –
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
John Stuart Mill -
Strange it is, that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free discussion, but object to their being 'pushed to an extreme'; not seeing that unless the reasons are good for an extreme case, they are not good for any case. Strange that they should imagine that they are not assuming infallibility, when they acknowledge that there should be free discussion on all subjects which can possibly be doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be forbidden to be questioned because it is so certain, that is, because they are certain that it is certain. To call any proposition certain, while there is any one who would deny its certainty if permitted, but who is not permitted, is to assume that we ourselves, and those who agree with us, are the judges of certainty, and judges without hearing the other side.
Arthur Miller –
Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action?
Alan Alex. Milne –
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
Shigeru Miyamoto –
Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock and roll.
Edward R. Murrow –
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Jawaharlal Nehru –
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Alfred E. Neuman –
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.
Friedrich Nietzsche –
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
George Orwell –
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
1 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720866-1-of-9-Aristotle-It-is-the-mark-of-an-educated
2 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720872-2-of-9-Charles-A-Dana-Fight-for-your-opinions-but
3 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720887-3-of-9-John-Kenneth-Galbraith-The-only-function-of
4 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720906-4-of-9-Thomas-Jefferson-Question-with-boldness
5 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720921-5-of-9-Naguib-Mahfouz-You-can-tell-whether-a-man
6 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720932-6-of-9-General-George-S-Patton-Jr-Dont-fight-a
7 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720946-7-of-9-Carl-Sagan-We-live-in-a-society-exquisitely
8 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720957-8-of-9-Leonardo-Da-Vinci-Any-one-who-in-discussion
9 of 9: https://similarworlds.com/4429978-I-Like-a-Good-Quote/1720970-9-of-9-Anonymous-Classic-Sayings-A-single-blow-of
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