"I think sometimes that it is almost a pity to enjoy Italy as much as I do, because the acuteness of my sensations makes them rather exhausting; but when I see the stupid Italians I have met here, completely insensitive to their surroundings, and ignorant of the treasures of art and history among which they have grown up, I begin to think it is better to be an American, and bring to it all a mind and eye unblunted by custom."

-- Edith Wharton

#Art Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Eye Quotes

“If I post a selfie, and you like it, it's of little cost to you, but it feels great to me. That becomes addictive, and you see people's narcissism so quickly. I think that's a very dangerous thing for us all to be addicted to.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
“If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it.”

Source : "The Brass Ring". Book by Bill Mauldin, 1971.
“Before saying 'I disagree' be sure you can say 'I understand.'”

Source : Roger E. Olson (2011). “Against Calvinism: Rescuing God's Reputation from Radical Reformed Theology”, p.8, Harper Collins
“You can't be fearless, remember? Because you still care about things. About your life.”
“We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.”
“The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it right. No religion on earth condones the killing of innocent people; no faith tradition tolerates the random killing of our brothers and sisters on this earth.”

Source : "What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West". Book by Feisal Abdul Rauf, www.nytimes.com. May 11, 2004.
“Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside.”

Source : 2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York
“Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. . . . This faith may be enacted in statutes, but it is only on paper unless it is put in force in the attitudes which human beings display to one another in all the incidents and relations of daily life.”

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