Stephen Leacock Quote – Advertising
“Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.” – Stephen Leacock
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Lillian Smith Quote – Closing Door After Door
“I learned to believe in freedom, to glow when the word democracy was used, and to practice slavery from morning to night. I learned it the way all of my Southern people learn it: by closing door after door until ones mind and heart and conscience are blocked off from each other and from reality.” – Lillian Smith
Read moreMark Twain Quote – We Are All Stupid
“We are all stupid, just on different subjects.” – Mark Twain
Read moreSimone Weil Quote – Our Great Adversary
“Whether the mask is labeled Fascism, Democracy, or Dictatorship of the Proletariat, our great adversary remains the Apparatus — the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier or the battle lines,… but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always […]
Read moreI.F. Stone quote – Somebody who believes as you do, wins
“The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do, wins.” – I.F. Stone
Read moreAlbert Schweitzer quote – An extension of life around him
“A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.” – Albert Schweitzer
Read moreSt. Francis of Assisi Quote – Blessed Is The Servant
“Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might […]
Read moreBenjamin E. Mays Quote – The Tragedy of Life
“The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.” – Benjamin E. Mays
Read moreDonald G. Smith Quote – The Two Functions of Family
“The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane.” – Donald G. Smith
Read moreSir Ranulph Fiennes Quote – Inappropriate Clothing
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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