Author Topic: Quote for the Day (Read 60228 times)

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #425 on:** July 02, 2020, 07:55:33 AM »

Marriage finally became acceptable to the churches when laws were established that could make it a means of depriving women of incomes and property, and making wives the equivalent of slaves.

Barbara G. Walker

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #426 on:** July 03, 2020, 09:31:24 AM »

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #427 on:** July 04, 2020, 08:23:18 AM »

I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.

Edmonia Lewis

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #428 on:** July 05, 2020, 08:25:24 AM »

Every crowd has a silver lining.

P. T. Barnum

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #429 on:** July 06, 2020, 10:17:22 AM »

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.

Frida Kahlo

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #430 on:** July 06, 2020, 12:58:00 PM »

We can have an understanding of yesterday, we can have a plan for today and we can have hope for forever, and that’s it.

Tom Hanks

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #431 on:** July 07, 2020, 01:34:38 PM »

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

David Hume

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #432 on:** July 12, 2020, 09:31:50 AM »

“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.” - James Baldwin

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #433 on:** July 12, 2020, 06:31:31 PM »

"Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer,

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #434 on:** July 24, 2020, 10:43:29 AM »

"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office." H L Mencken

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #435 on:** July 24, 2020, 04:18:04 PM »

“After midnight, the moon set, and I was alone with the stars. I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, and I need no other flight to convince me that the reason flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.” Amelia Earhart.

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #436 on:** July 26, 2020, 09:19:41 PM »

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.” - Franz Kafka

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #437 on:** July 27, 2020, 06:21:46 PM »

"They aren't making mirrors like they used to" - Tallulah Bankhead

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #438 on:** August 05, 2020, 04:10:40 PM »

“People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.”

James Baldwin

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #439 on:** August 10, 2020, 09:42:13 AM »

"Nature provides exceptions to every rule."
Margaret Fuller

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #440 on:** August 10, 2020, 11:24:40 PM »

A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory. - Mark Twain

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #441 on:** August 11, 2020, 05:26:22 PM »

"Those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil." - Hannah Arendt

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #442 on:** August 12, 2020, 12:11:18 PM »

"To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way."
- E. M. Forster

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #443 on:** August 30, 2020, 11:18:05 PM »

"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful" - Mary Shelley,

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #444 on:** September 03, 2020, 11:22:29 PM »

“A man only has the right to look down at another when he helps him to lift himself up.”
-Gabriel García Márquez

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #445 on:** September 04, 2020, 08:59:00 PM »

"All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others" - Douglas Adams

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #446 on:** September 05, 2020, 04:41:24 PM »

Prejudice is an emotional commitment to ignorance - Nathan Rutstein

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #447 on:** September 10, 2020, 11:21:07 AM »

He may have hair on his chest but, sister, so has Lassie - Cole Porter

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #448 on:** September 11, 2020, 09:51:25 PM »

"I've looked carefully at no deal. That outcome would be a failure of statecraft...." Boris Johnson to avoid doubt that is one Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. In cae you thought it was another Boris Johnson altogether.

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #449 on:** September 14, 2020, 11:52:06 AM »

"Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by colour" - Unknown

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