"A university is not a service station. Neither is it a political society, nor a meeting place for political societies. With all its limitations and failures, and they are invariably many, it is the best and most benign side of our society insofar as that society aims to cherish the human mind."

-- Richard Hofstadter

#Failure Quotes #Men Quotes #Political Quotes

“Ask for what you want.Ask for help,ask for input,ask for advice and ideas- but be afraid to ask.”
“As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.”
“People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul - satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.”
“Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.”
“I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm a natural performer, but I'm getting better.”
“I don't call myself an 'industrial designer,' because I'm other things. Industrial designers want to make novel things. Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.”
“For those in the conservative movement to think that you're going to change minds only by preaching to the choir, you don't understand how media works. So that's probably the most potent weapon out there is to go fight the fire, go towards the fire.”

Source : Source: www.newsbusters.org
“LSD wanted to tell me something.... It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation.”

Source : "LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug?". www.wired.com. January 16, 2006.

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