"Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines."

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Source : Alvin Plantinga (2000). “Warranted Christian Belief”, p.149, Oxford University Press

Alvin Plantinga

#Thinking Quotes #Average Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Nobody really understands gold prices and I don't pretend to understand them either,”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason Ã¡ priori on the extraordinary violence and suddenness of changes, both in the inorganic crust of the earth, and in organic types, instead of attempting strenuously to frame theories in accordance with the ordinary operations of nature.”
“Can't quite believe it after being so used to being musically invisible for so long. It makes me feel very warm to know that people who are the same age as I was when I wrote those songs understand them for what they were and find something in them.”
“The road to your soul is through your heart.”
“All of us recruits are equal in the eyes of the Army: low as you can go.”
“Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck.”

Source : Christopher Paul Curtis (2013). “The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963”, p.147, Yearling
“The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong.”
“You know the rule. If you're long, you're never wrong.”

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