Category: Quotations

Focus

Jun 21, 2005

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate.Thornton Wilder
Reality

Jun 20, 2005

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusion; reality can be attained by someone who is detached.Simone Weil
Panic

Jun 19, 2005

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

When you panic, your brain shuts down; you stop listening and learning.William F. Miller
Trust your mother

Jun 18, 2005

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.Bern Williams
Uncertainty

Jun 17, 2005

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
Government

Jun 15, 2005

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.William H. Borah
Progress

Jun 13, 2005

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations, Spiritual

For is it not true that human progress is but a mighty growing pattern woven together by the tenuous single threads united in a common effort?Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek)