"Thing is, while I know better, I like sounding ignorant. Talk like this and people figure you're about as dumb as a fencepost, which suits me fine. Makes it all that much easier to take advantage of 'em."

-- Charles de Lint

#People Quotes #Dumb Quotes #Ignorant Quotes

“If things look right on the surface the underside is rarely questioned. However, things may be great in reality, but if one perceives them to be amiss, it is difficult to change that perception.”

Source : Aleatha Romig (2013). “The Consequences Series: Box Set”, p.98, Romig Works LLC
“Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.”
“I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing out on something else. You know, What are my friends doing? Where's my girlfriend?”
“It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.”
“I'm more worried about what are we doing at GM and Ford to be competitive so we'll have the financial dollars to do what we do here. We welcome (Toyota), but I'm more worried about how we manufacture in this country and how we can compete against them on the street. I know our whole point is to race on Sunday and sell on Monday. We just need to have good business models at Ford and GM so we can compete on the street.”
“History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.”
“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”

Source : Interview with Eric Nordern, Playboy, September 1968.
“All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty; for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.”

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