"The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of orthodoxy and standardized thought. They weighed the compulsions for restrained speech and thought against the abuses of liberty. They chose liberty."

-- William O. Douglas

#Abuse Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Speech Quotes

“If you are equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge.”
“Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.”
“The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government.”
“A persons outer action reflects their inner mind.”
“A curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it.”

Source : "On the Molecular Theory of Evolution" by Jacques Monod, 1974.
“I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didn't think that anything could touch me. I thought, I can beat anything.”

Source : "Political Sex Scandal; Interview With Pat Summerall; 'Minding Your Business': Wal-Mart; '90-Second Pop'". "American Morning" with Bill Hemmer, Soledad O'Brien, www.cnn.com. June 23, 2004.
“To almost die is to know that one day you will, and to never again feel the same about anything.”

Source : Patricia Cornwell (2010). “The Body Farm: Scarpetta 5”, p.169, Simon and Schuster
“Do you really need to mentally label every sense perception and experience? Do you really need to have a reactive like/dislike relationship with life where you are in almost continuous conflict with situations and people? Or is that just a deep-seated mental habit that can be broken? Not by doing anything, but by allowing this moment to be as it is.”

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