Either every imaginable institution is founded on a religious concept or it is only a passing phenomenon. Institutions are strong and durable to the degree that they are, so to speak, deified.
~ Joseph de Maistre
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Category Archives: 1259 – Quote Unquote
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Physics is to be regarded not so much as the study of something a priori given, but rather as the development of methods of ordering and surveying human experience.
~ Niels Bohr
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The non-violent resistors can summarize their message in the following simple terms: we will take direct action against injustice without waiting for other agencies to act. We will not obey unjust laws or submit to unjust practices. We will do this peacefully, openly and cheerfully because our aim is to persuade.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I didn’t intend the 10 principles of good design to be set in stone forever.
~ Dieter Rams
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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
~ Dean Acheson
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Think where man’s glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.
~ William Butler Yeats
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Narratives do a lot to drive what our world looks like. They shape how we see ourselves, how we see our fellow citizens, how our elected officials see us—and what they do in reaction to those narratives can have far-reaching consequences.
~ Jerusalem Demsas via The Atlantic
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
~ Anton Chekhov
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Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theory or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
~ Thomas Sowell
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
~ J.D. Salinger
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