"Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to correct their opinions and abandon a bad position."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Strong Quotes #Mean Quotes #Learning Quotes

“The artistâ€™s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-itâ€™s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something out of it. Artists remember the world as it is, first, because you have to know what it is youâ€™re reinventing; thatâ€™s a rule, perhaps the only one: being cognizant of your source material.”
“Deep in earth my love is lying And I must weep alone.”
“It's as predictable as the sun rising in the morning. Every time Barack Obama's poll numbers rise you can be certain he's done something else to weaken the country. He's empowered a base that loathes American excellence.”
“A woman who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other peopleâ€™s evaluations. But no one can adapt perfectly to public opinion. And herein lies the source of their destruction.”
“Considering what human beings do and have done to human beings (and to other living things as well) ... I can never imagine what the devil people think computers can add to the horrors.”
“One of the things that I've been doing recently in my scientific research is to ask this question: Is the universe actually capable of performing things like digital computations?”
“No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.”
“Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.”

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