"There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent."

-- Douglas Hofstadter

#Common Sense Quotes #Craziness Quotes #Threshold Quotes

“There's nothing worse than a violent beating from an unremarkable person. Physical violence with someone is too much like shagging them. Too much id involved.”
“We are out in the middle of nowhere, as we can see - as you can plainly see.”

Source : "'Tranquility' Is A Way Station On Iowa's Campaign Trail". "Fresh Air" with David Greene, kunr.org. December 24, 2015.
“Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.”
“We hear a great deal of lamentation these days about writers having all taken themselves to the colleges and universities where they live decorously instead of going out and getting firsthand information about life. The fact is that anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. If you can't make something out of a little experience, you probably won't be able to make it out of a lot. The writer's business is to contemplate experience, not to be merged in it.”
“The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.”
“Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside”
“Society was built on male power, and women's power was... ignored is the best word to describe it I suppose, we have been running society on one power, half a power really. And that's so terrible. The world needs women's power too.”
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