"I believe that anyone who doesn't read remains dumb. Even if they know how, failing to regularly ingest the written word dooms them to ignorance, no matter what else they have or do."

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Source : Edward Bunker (2012). “Mr Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade”, p.323, Oldcastle Books

Edward Bunker

#Believe Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Dumb Quotes

“The eyes are witnesses that the heavens revolve in the space of twenty- four hours. But certain men, either from the love of novelty, or to make a display of ingenuity, have concluded that the earth moves; and they maintain that neither the eighth sphere nor the sun revolves....Now, it is a want of honesty and decency to assert such notions publicly, and the example is pernicious. It is the part of a good mind to accept the truth as revealed by God and to acquiesce in it.”
“I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn't feel particularly lucky.”
“Baby, baby, don't get hooked on me, cause I'll just use you then I'll set you free.”

Source : Song: Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
“Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by force. man had no claws, no fangs, no horns, no great strength of muscle. He must plant his food or hunt it. To plant, he needs a process of thought. To hunt, he needs weapons,and to make weapons - a process of thought. From this simplest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and we have comes from a single attribute of man -the function of his reasoning mind.”
“I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.”
“The only thing I believe is individual responsibility doesn't mean the government is the answer to ever fear and every problem every individual has. We are the masters of our own destiny.”

Source : "Ron Daniels Breaks Down Obama's Speech to NAACP". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. July 15, 2008.
“People can tell when you're happy with being you and when you're not. It's only cheesy because it's true. As I've gotten older and grown into my body, I've started realizing that the way you carry yourself and that light coming out of your eyes are the most attractive things about you.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“No matter how thin you slice it it's still baloney.”

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