"There are petty-minded people who cannot endure to be reminded of their ignorance because, since they are usually quite blind to all things, quite foolish, and quite ignorant, they never question anything, and are persuaded that they see clearly what in fact they never see at all, save through the darkness of their own dispositions."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Ignorance Quotes #People Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“Listen up, Wanda. I know exactly what you don't want to be. But we're human, and we're selfish, and we don't always do the right thing. We aren't going to let you go. Deal with it.”
“. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.”
“Veterans have had a long record of leaning towards the Republican Party. I think that's changing. I think that President Obama has the strongest record with veterans among any president in my lifetime.”
“The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.”
“Theyâ€™re always like, 'Thatâ€™s not what happened in the books, so the showâ€™s really bad now.' But really, they just feel insecure because theyâ€™re used to knowing whatâ€™s coming next.”
“I hate these people (the Rams and their owner, Georgia Frontiere) for what they did, taking the Rams logo with them when they moved to St. Louis. That logo belonged to Southern California.”
“The flood will lift the ghosts from the Hollywood lawn cemetery and they will disappear like ether in the now dead air. All the names will be erased from the billboards and the theatres and the piers and the magazines and the monuments. You live by myths of immortality, and your myths are not safe.”
“I've wanted to be an actress for as long as I can remember, and I can say I was almost born in the theatre. My mum went into labour while she was watching the Nut-Cracker Suite in New York - apparently I was kicking like mad.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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