"Stupidity is sufficient unto itself. Wisdom can never learn enough."

-- Mechthild of Magdeburg

#Stupidity Quotes #Enough Quotes

“New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies. They've done so in three ways: by dramatically boosting the access of individuals and special interests to politically potent information, by making it easier for such people to coordinate their activities and exert political power, and by greatly increasing the pace of events within our political systems.”
“It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it.”
“American culture at large has failed working mothers.”

Source : Emily Matchar (2015). “Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity”, p.163, Simon and Schuster
“People are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons. Some people have something in their disposition. Maybe they were born too mean, or maybe they were born too tender. But most people are brought to where they are by circumstance, by calamity or a broken heart or something else happening in their lives that wasn't anything they planned on. People are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons. The one thing that I do know is, it doesn't matter what any one of them tell you -- nobody wants to be alone.”
“We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way.”
“I say, look at the melons on that lass,â€ Ian exclaimed, his gaze now on the TV. â€œAnd hung like a stallion, he is.â€ â€œFocus, mate,â€ Spade muttered.”
“When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.”

Source : "Great Migration: The African-American Exodus North". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 13, 2010.
“I will be merciful, and I will believe in people. If I am to err, I will err on the side of mercy. I will give people the benefit of the doubt. I will bend, but not break, in order to give people the opportunity to grow and develop.”

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