"Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual is a fixed quantity, a quantity that cannot be augmented. We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism; we will try to demonstrate that it is founded on nothing."

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Source : "Modern Ideas About Children". Book by Alfred Binet, 1909.

Alfred Binet

#Intelligent Quotes #Trying Quotes #Approval Quotes

“Ya called Fargo yet?â€ â€œNo, Iâ€™ve been too busy trying to destroy the Guild and corrupt Simonâ€™s soul. Being evil is a full-time job.”
“Portal Bridge is based on a design from the 1840s and was already obsolete shortly after it was completed in 1910. It's a swing bridge that needs to be opened several times a week so barges can pass up and down the river. It takes about a half an hour. The problem is it fails to lock back into place on a regular basis.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”
“It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.”

Source : "From our own correspondent". Interview with Edward Helmore, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2007.
“That being said, I think we should immediately deprecate any string concatenation that combines '19' with '99'.”
“Satan...[plans] to destroy liberty and freedom ~ economic, political, and religious, and to set up in place thereof the greatest, most widespread, and most complete tyranny that has ever oppressed men. He is working under such perfect disguise that many do not recognize either him or his methods.”
“I originally just wanted to be an artist.”

Source : "Modern Cartoonist Daniel Clowes Prefers Paper to iPad" by Hugh Hart, www.wired.com. May 24, 2012.
“The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.”

Source : "China’s Olympic Crossroads: Author Ma Jian on Beijing, Spectacle and Reality". Interview with Flora Zhang, beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2008.

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