"The position of modern science, as far as an ignorant man of letters can understand it, seems not a step in advance of that held by Huxley and Romanes in the last century."

-- Albert J. Nock

#Men Quotes #Ignorant Quotes #Letters Quotes

“All of us somehow felt that the next battleground was going to be culture. We all felt somehow that our culture had been stolen from us-by commercial forces, by advertising agencies, by TV broadcasters. It felt like we were no longer singing our songs and telling stories, and generating our culture from the bottom up, but now we were somehow being spoon-fed this commercial culture top down.”
“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.”

Source : John Dewey (1980). “The Middle Works, 1899-1924”, p.161, SIU Press
“We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous.”
“While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear.”
“The cost of performing well in bad times can be relative underperformance in good times.”
“It crosses your mind every once in a while that it's the AFC championship, but it's not any different. It's that whole thing that pressure's a perception, not a reality. It's what you allow to be put on yourself.”
“Anyone can admire creation. Only a barbarian sees the beauty in demolition.”
“I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.”

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