"Francis Wheen takes a hugely enjoyable sweep through the tangled thickets of superstition and gullibility in which modern man likes to ramble. He takes particular delight in reminding us how easily fools are parted from their money and how many of them there are."

-- Ferdinand Mount

#Men Quotes #Tangled Quotes #Delight Quotes

“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.”
“The assertion fallacy ... is the fallacy of confusing the conditions for the performance of the speech act of assertion with the analysis of the meaning of particular words occurring in certain assertions.”
“They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and I'm still a dreamer.”

Source : Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com. December 5, 2014.
“I frankly don't think it's going to be a successful war on terrorism until law enforcement agencies like the FBI are willing to share with other law enforcement agencies. If they can't share information, there's no way this war can be won.”
“We have so much, yet many Americans feel dissatisfied. Somehow the full table, symbol of abundance to the pilgrims, is not enough. We yearn for something far beyond the material satisfaction. Find your place in history this Thanksgiving by stretching beyond your table. Celebrate your survival by offering peace and sharing with your neighbors. Make the shift from in illogical feeling of lack to the recognition of abundance. Invite the Spirit to your feast, and prepare to feed the world.”
“The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.”
“Along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradoxâ€”the single most worthy path of the fearless mind . . . .”
“Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.”

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