"The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance."

-- Carl Sagan

#Ignorance Quotes #America Quotes #Decay Quotes

“How many are silenced, because in order to get to their art they would have to scream?”
“Wisdom is also a deeper consciousness of ignorance.”
“If we are not full of Him we have nothing to offer to anyone else.”

Source : Heidi Baker, Shara Pradhan (2008). “Compelled by Love”, p.147, Charisma Media
“Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result of your life.”

Source : Grenville Kleiser (1917). “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day”
“It is our own pain, and our own desire to be free of it, that alerts us to the suffering of the world. It is our personal discovery that pain can be acknowledged, even held lovingly, that enables us to look at the pain around us unflinchingly and feel compassion being born in us. We need to start with ourselves.”

Source : Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. (2007). “Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness”, p.84, Ballantine Books
“The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.”
“If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 31, 2013
“I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it.”

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