"People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind."

-- William Butler Yeats

#Wisdom Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.”
“The intelligence and ability of a colored person are in pretty direct proportion to the amount of white blood he has, and â€¦ most of the positions of leadership, influence, and prominence in the Negro race are held not by real Negroes but by Mulattoes, many of whom have very little Negro blood.”

Source : Madison Grant (2013). “The Conquest of a Continent”, p.298, The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group)
“Certainty is an unrealistic and unattainable ideal”
“No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.”
“After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means - and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything.”
“The number of electrical injuries cared for in hospitals in the US is estimated at as many as 50,000; the cost of these injuries on the US economy is estimated at over one billion dollars per year.”
“The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself.”

Source : "Schumacher keeps his foot down". Interview With Maurice Hamilton, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2002.
“If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church”

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