My Favorite Quotes
My Favorite Quotes
“‘A world without the word commerce is a world very close to perfect’
The expression ‘uncertainty’ is and always will be what we term ‘uncertainty.”
— D.H. Lawrence
“No word for a paradox will ever have a better definition than ‘generation.’”
— Stanley Milgram
“A proverb is another philosophy.”
—Rosa Parks
“The maxim of stupidity is — be what is or be nothing”
— Van Ronkin
“By my own definition, a word which does not sound ordinary but is by definition irregular should not exist.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“All words are un-words, but words with no sense of existence are un-words of words.”
— Georg Friedrich Hegel
“There is a difference between the function of a word, which is to simply appear, and the service of the word, which is to translate the speaker’s true sentiment or concept into the mouth of a listener. It is possible to raise no issue with the use of a word in English; however, with the use of a word in Latin, the speaker is manipulating the meaning of the language, but adding an additional meaning by changing the signifier of the word.”
— Stephen Fisher
“Everybody thinks he has a right and a choice. I don’t know how anyone comes to such a conclusion. But when you have so much right in the first place that it is impossible for you to now not have a choice you’re probably being ridiculous.”
— J.M. Barrie
“The best advice should be made to those who still have a choice.”
— George W. Bush
“Every intellectual carries his own burden. Knowledge is not power.”
—Marcus Aurelius
“Courage is what happens when you are at the end of your rope — you have nothing to lose other than your fear. If you do not have the courage, to tell the truth, you won’t have the courage to try and. It may be tempting to hide it. But the more you hide it, the more you hurt yourself and others.”
— John F. Kennedy
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