""You ought to be ashamed," a woman in an Easter bonnet told Stein. "Your race gave us our religion..." "From ancient polytheism, the belief in lots of gods," the woman continued a little more eruditely, "the Hebrew nation led us on to the idea that there is only one." "Which is just a step from the truth," said Stein."

-- Peter De Vries

#Easter Quotes #Race Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Art is the uniting of the subjective with the objective, of nature with reason, of the unconscious with the conscious, and therefore art is the highest means of knowledge.”
“I just went to the doctor today, I got a chest X-ray of my lungs and discovered that my breasts are uneven.”
“Programming is a Dark Art, and it always will be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. These are not things you can overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule.”
“The best thing about my job is that I work with the best creative people in the business in their fields.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how.”
“You think like a boxer and behave like a boxer, and you try to live your life that way, being in the gym all the time and being careful to push the plate away at the dinner table. You don't need dessert. When you're out having fun, you ask for agua instead of vodka. It's very important.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which he's properly excoriated. So, I think [Louis] Brandeis has done this as well.”

Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.
“Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.”

Source : Wendell Berry (2004). “Citizenship Papers: Essays”, p.157, Counterpoint Press

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