"There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men."

-- John Tillotson

#Men Quotes #Way Quotes

“Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for mercy on the grounds that he's an orphan. The Bush administration's updated version of that was starting a wholly illegal, immoral, and devastating war and then dismissing all kinds of criticism of its action on the grounds that 'we're at war.”

Source : William Blum (2014). “America's Deadliest Export: Democracy – The Truth about US Foreign Policy and Everything Else”, p.55, Zed Books Ltd.
“The eyes are witnesses that the heavens revolve in the space of twenty- four hours. But certain men, either from the love of novelty, or to make a display of ingenuity, have concluded that the earth moves; and they maintain that neither the eighth sphere nor the sun revolves....Now, it is a want of honesty and decency to assert such notions publicly, and the example is pernicious. It is the part of a good mind to accept the truth as revealed by God and to acquiesce in it.”
“Did you ever know that you're a jackass?”
“I still get stage fright every time. I also feel very, very sleepy about a minute before we go on. Like I feel like I'm going to fall asleep. I can't explain it. It's sort of like, "Where's the energy going to come from to play this show?" Then all of a sudden you step up and there it is, it's like it's waiting for you.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I want [my daughter] to look at the world through the underside of a glass-bottom boat, to look through a microscope at the galaxies that exist on the pinpoint of a human mind.”
“The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them.”
“Popular journalists resort to the name Nixon to galvanize feelings that remain at rest even when the name Stalin is mentioned.”
“I think if you are writing something that you are trying to design for someone else to like that is not necessarily you're demographic, it is a much harder road.”

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