"Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity."

-- Eric Hoffer

#Ignorance Quotes #Vanity Quotes #Stupidity Quotes

“I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people...The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off.”
“when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living.”
“So-Youn has good qualities in both jump and power, triple combination is her biggest strength and she also has great artistic value in her skating.”
“Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows”
“To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.”

Source : Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press
“I don't feel that because I'm First Lady, I'm very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.”
“That's life for you," said MacDunn. "Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving some thing more than that thing loves them. And after a while you want to destroy whatever that thing is, so it can't hurt you no more.”
“I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.”

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