"Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools-guys who are fools and are covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus-THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!"

-- Richard P. Feynman

#People Quotes #Guy Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The human organism is thus still developing biologically while already standing in a relationship to its environmont. In other words, the process of becoming man takes place in an interrelationship with an environment. (...) From the moment of birth, man's organismic development, and indeed a large part of his biological being as such, are subjected to continuing socially determined interference.”
“The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.”

Source : Sara Paretsky (2004). “Blacklist”, p.383, Penguin
“I'm six-foot-five. I'm not going to win the gold medal in figure skating. But I can try, and that's what matters. Trying.”

Source : "Watchtower Actor Aleks Paunovic: Getting out of his own way, and the importance of trying". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“There's no sense drawing attention to yourself, Li." "Hellooooo. I'm aHorseman of the Apocalypse, and I'm betrothed to the most infamous, most powerful demon in existence. I couldn't draw more attention to myself i I wore Lady Gaga's meat dress to a PETA convention.”
“If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.”
“War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.”
“I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.”
“Marriage is a sleepy guard to which one confides one's dearest treasure, love.”

Source : Libbie Block (1957). “The hills of Beverly”

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