"Certainty and similar states of â€˜knowing what we knowâ€™ arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of reason."

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Source : Robert A. Burton, M.D., M.D. (2008). “On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not”, p.7, Macmillan

Robert A. Burton

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“I talked to my partners (about) the decision I wanted to do and we all wished each other good luck. My partners have been very successful in the companies that we've created. They're very happy about it and have the mindset to run them and do well with them.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“It is not what things are objectively and in themselves, but what they are for us, in our way of looking at them, that makes us happy or the reverse.”
“And money, if the pile gets high enough, is something like a big political party: it does as much harm as it does good, it puts too much power in too few hands, and the closer you come to it the dirtier you get.”
“I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.”
“Like all religions, Reason presents itself as the solution to the problems it has created”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2013). “Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West”, p.3, Simon and Schuster
“Once, as an experiment, I travelled around the world with a single suit. Before I left, I went to a tailor in Savile Row and asked him to make me a suit that I could wear in any climate and which I could use as a tuxedo, a dinner jacket, a lounge suit and a blazer.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Get out well, but not too quickly, move through the field, be comfortable. Strategy-wise, go with your strengths. If you don't have a great finish, you must get away to win. I've always found it effective to make a move just before the crest of a hill. You get away just a little and you're gone before your opponent gets over the top. Also, around a tight bend, take off like holy hell. I've done that a number of times. You should not be flying down the home straight. Most of your efforts should have been put forth earlier.”
“And the meek shall inherit the earth,”

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