"We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent than we."

-- Joseph Epstein

#Intelligent Quotes #Cheerful Quotes #Flow Quotes

“The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.”

Source : John Dewey (1998). “Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition”, p.49, Kappa Delta Pi
“There is no one quite as angry as someone who has just lost a lot of money.”
“The body of scientific evidence supporting creation science is as strong as that supporting evolution. In fact, it may be stronger.... The evidence for evolution is far less compelling than we have been led to believe. Evolution is not a scientific fact, since it cannot actually be observed in a laboratory. Rather, evolution is merely a scientific theory or guess.... It is a very bad guess at that. The scientific problems with evolution are so serious that it could accurately be termed a myth.”
“Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Aug 06, 2014
“When you are on stage you are having an affair with three thousand people.”
“What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.”

Source : B. F. Skinner (1974). “Walden Two”, p.282, Hackett Publishing
“I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could always get a call that could change everything.”
“All moments of joy include an element of happiness. But not all moments of happiness include joy. Happiness often comes from drive reduction-avoidance of pain or the pursuit of pleasure for pleasure's sake. The essence of joy, on the other hand, is spirit.”

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