Random Quotes
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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.Albert Einstein
Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.Walter Kerr
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"He means well" is useless unless he does well.Plautus
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.George Washington
Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.Fred Allen
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Grace under Pressure.Ernest Hemingway
Live life to the fullest.Ernest Hemingway