"I have problems with a religion which says that faith in itself is enough for a ticket to heaven. In other words, that the ideal is your ability to manipulate your own common sense to accept something your intellect rejects. It's the same model of intellectual submission that dictatorships have used throughout time, the concept of a higher reasoning without any obligation to discharge the burden of proof."

-- Jo Nesbo

#Common Sense Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“Superman! Champion of the oppressed. The physical marvel who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need.”

Source : Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster (2004). “Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told”, Dc Comics
“To a psychoanalyst, a woman pilot, particularly a married one with children, must prove an interesting as well as an inexhaustible subject. Torn between two loves, emotionally confused, the desire to fly an incurable disease eating out your life in the slow torture of frustration-she cannot be a simple, natural personality.”

Source : Louise Thaden (1973). “High, Wide and Frightened”, p.92, University of Arkansas Press
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
“When you are absolutely, positively sure you know all there is to know about anything, you're as far from the truth as you will ever be...”
“Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.”
“To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.”
“Josh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.”
“The overhead bins - this is not a real passenger plane. We wanted it to look like a real passenger plane. But we're actually inside a very heavy-duty, industrial, like, cargo plane. And we built this set inside of it.”

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