"Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it."

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Source : Paul Dickson (2014). “The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles, and Axioms to Help You Cope with Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape, and Attacks by Inanimate Objects”, p.9, Courier Corporation

Paul Dickson

#Civilization Quotes #Law Quotes #Drains Quotes

“I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.”

Source : "Natalie Zea of The Following". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. January 23, 2013.
“Drugs will get you out of your own way, but we lived it, and that's dangerous. It can actually turn around on itself and steal your soul, and that's what happened.”
“In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.”

Source : Roger Scruton (2012). “Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey”, p.42, A&C Black
“I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.”
“Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.”
“... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the direction of the whole.”
“If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.”
“For most problems found in mathematics textbooks, mathematical reasoning is quite useful. But how often do people find textbook problems in real life? At work or in daily life, factors other than strict reasoning are often more important. Sometimes intuition and instinct provide better guides; sometimes computer simulations are more convenient or more reliable; sometimes rules of thumb or back-of-the-envelope estimates are all that is needed.”

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