"The most dangerous ideas are not those that challenge the status quo. The most dangerous ideas are those so embedded in the status quo, so wrapped in a cloud of inevitability, that we forget they are ideas at all."

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Source : Jacob M. Appel (2014). “Phoning Home: Essays”, p.76, Univ of South Carolina Press

Jacob M. Appel

#Clouds Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.”

Source : A Child's Garden of Misinformation (1965) ch. 8
“It just wasn't our time.”
“I want to know if you know how to melt into that fierce heat of living falling toward the center of your longing.”

Source : David Whyte (2009). “The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship”, p.60, Penguin
“It is almost a sadness to my soul that men should be astonished and surprised at an ordinary, tangible evidence of the power of God.”
“If you are late for work in Mumbai and reach the station just as the train is leaving the platform, don't despair. You can run up to the packed compartments and find many hands unfolding like petals to pull you on board. And while you will probably have to hang on to the door frame with your fingertips, you are still grateful for the empathy of your fellow passengers, already packed tighter than cattle, their shirts drenched with sweat in the badly ventilated compartment. They know that your boss might yell at you or cut your pay if you miss this train.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Skating everywhere is unpredictable, no amount of money or facilities is going to create a skating star. You have to have a skater who is dedicated, passionate, and willing to learn.”

Source : "Cousins Continues to Entertain". Golden Skate Interview, goldenskate.com. December 6, 2003.
“These were highly civil comments for crying out loud. I mean, people are going nuts. USA Today, the Politico. And some people were suggesting that my comments were below the belt. Well, take a look at some pictures. Given where she wears her belts. I mean, she wears them high up there around the bust line. Isn't just about everything about her below the belt when you look at the fashion sense she has?”
“It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.”

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