"Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself."

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George Santayana

#Men Quotes #Dignity Quotes #Despise Quotes

“Itâ€™s not the destination but the adventure along the way.”
“You know the typical crowd, Wow, itâ€™s Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there? Well, yeah. Because thereâ€™s nothing out there. Itâ€™s stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. Iâ€™ve never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. Thatâ€™s all. Sorry for all the millions, but Iâ€™ve never been lonely. I like myself. Iâ€™m the best form of entertainment I have.”
“I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute level that you are a complete person on your own.”
“People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.”
“When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.”
“If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism -- that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.”

Source : "Walter Cronkite Review: 'Gawd Almighty,' Shout 'the Truths' of Liberalism" by Brent Baker, www.newsbusters.org. July 20, 2009.
“Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced. Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation. And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation.”
“Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.”

Source : "The Stars My Destination". Book by Alfred Bester (Chapter 16), 1957.

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