"Correct opinions well established on any subject are the best preservative against the seduction of error."

-- Richard Mant

#Errors Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Seduction Quotes

“The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels. The man's outstretched arm always pointed south.”
“I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.”
“When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns our daily actions with our long-term interests.”
“History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.”

Source : "Do We Treat History Like a Dead Language?" by Adora Svitak, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.
“Make time less precious. We are way too efficient, making use of every hour, every minute. When you were a kid, didnâ€™t you just spend hours poking sticks in the mud, climbing trees and sitting in them, looking at shells and seaweed that washed up on the shoreline? Time was not precious then, we werenâ€™t trying to stuff an accomplishment into every minute every day, we had time for thoughts and feelings. That was good!”
“I saw a fleet of fishing boats...I flew down almost touching the craft and yelled at them, asking if I was on the right road to Ireland. They just stared. Maybe they didn't hear me. Maybe I didn't hear them. Or maybe they thought I was just a crazy fool.”
“Donâ€™t misuse the pencil and donâ€™t torment the paper.”
“It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.”

Source : Antonin Scalia (2016). “Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents”, p.58, Regnery Publishing

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