“We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.”
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Wise Quotes — page 225 of 916
“Writing is for stories to be read, books to be published, poems to be recited, plays to be acted, songs to be sung, newspapers to be shared, letters to be mailed, jokes to be told, notes to be passed, recipes to be cooked, messages to be exchanged, memos to be circulated, announcements to be posted, bills to be collected, posters to be displayed and diaries to be concealed. Writing is for ideas, action, reflection, and experience. It is not for having your ignorance exposed, your sensitivity destroyed, or your ability assessed.”
“It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.”
“Wisdom is not knowledge, but lies in the use we make of knowledge.”
“I don't think there are many people up in research who have strong ideas about things that they haven't really had experience with.”
“Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand.”
“True wisdom is to know the extent of what you don't know quite as well as you know what you do know.”
“All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog.”
“Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.”
“He who thinks little errs much.”
“Business must be run at a profit, else it will die. But when anyone tries to run a business solely for profit, then also the business must die, for it no longer has a reason for existence.”
“Most people think that faith means believing something; oftener it means trying something, giving it a chance to prove itself”
“To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.”
“So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And that's the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship.”
“Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large.”
“Example moves the world more than doctrine.”
“Without a plan, it doesn't matter which way you're going.”
“The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler and more personal forms of art. Mind takes form in the city; and in turn, urban forms condition mind.”
“Great intellects are skeptical.”
“Our shortcomings are the eyes with which we see the ideal.”