"In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite"

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Thinking Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Honest Quotes

“Liberty is not about class war, income war, race war, national war, a war between the sexes, or any other conflict apart from the core conflict between individuals and those who would seek power and control over the human spirit. Liberty is the dream that we can all work together, in ways of our choosing and of our own human volition, to realize a better life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jeffrey A. Tucker from Jun 03, 2014
“Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.”
“You can live with victory over the desires of your flesh. Habits, attitudes, desires, worries, and dissipation must yield as you exercise authority over your mind, emotions, and will.”
“When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'”
“I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.”
“We religious controllers control in the name of Jesus and it is really painful to people”
“The separation of psychology from the premises of biology is purely artificial, because the human psyche lives in indissoluble union with the body.”
“Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.”

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