"I don't mind arguing with myself. It's when I lose that it bothers me."

-- Richard Powers

#Mind Quotes #Arguing Quotes #Bother Quotes

“The voluntary captive The speechless the prisoner Which I hide in my very depths...”
“Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?”
“It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.”
“The hope of free people in a frightened world is the values which people put ahead of inventions when their backs are to the wall. These values are beauty, truth, goodness and having a faith, all of which are bombproof.”
“One of my students had written wistfully of a dream-school that would have "windows with trees in them.”

Source : Bel Kaufman (1964). “Up the Down Stair Case”
“Rigor is not a substitute for imagination.”

Source : Gary A. Klein (2017). “Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions”, p.269, MIT Press
“My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.”
“I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone.”

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