People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. – Søren Kierkegaard Category: Thinking
Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Category: Thinking
You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think. – Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997 Category: Thinking
There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” – Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns Fifty, 1998 Category: Miscellaneous
Here we write well when we expose frauds and hypocrites. We are great at counting warts and blemishes and weighting feet of clay. In expressing love, we belong among the underdeveloped countries. – Saul Bellow Category: America
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy — the mother. – Claudette Colbert Category: Enemy, Enemies
One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education. – Chris Van Hollen Category: Education