"Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity."

-- Bernard Barton

#Stupidity Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Proof Quotes

“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.”
“For those who do not wish to step away from consensus, the creative is useless at best; at worst, it is dangerous.”

Source : Deena Metzger (2009). “Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Jou”, p.7, Harper Collins
“Presumably, as a Martial artist, I do not fight for gain or loss, am not concerned with strength or weakness, and neither advance a step nor retreat a step. The enemy does not see me. I do not see the enemy. Penetrating to a place where heaven and earth have not yet divided, where yin and yang have not yet arrived, I quickly and necessarily gain effect.”

Source : Takuan Sōhō (1986). “The unfettered mind: writings of the Zen master to the sword master”, Kodansha Amer Inc
“Your life moves in patterns toward things, and things that we achieve finally are part of this mosaic. I just think that we create our own fate.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Beer has long been the prime lubricant in our social intercourse and the sacred throat-anointing fluid that accompanies the ritual of mateship. To sink a few cold ones with the blokes is both an escape and a confirmation of belonging.”
“One of my favorite French singers, Alain Bashung, was the expert at creating his own universe; no one knows what he's talking about, even he doesn't know because it's so poetic.”
“Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds.”
“They [anarchists] spring from a single seed, no matter the flowering of their ideas. The seed is liberty. And that is all it is. It is not a socialist seed. It is not a capitalist seed. It is not a mystical seed. It is not a determinist seed. It is simply a statement. We can be free. After that itâ€™s all choice and chance.”

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