"The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. They had inbred and ingrown and finally emerged from the Kentucky hills like some remnant of Attila the Hung's barbarian horde. Flick said that they had webbed feet and only three toes. It might have been true."

-- Jean Shepherd

#Kentucky Quotes #Feet Quotes #Tree Quotes

“Look,â€ I said, trying to reason with him despite extensive experience that this rarely worked. â€œThis isnâ€™t a great time. I have my inaugurationâ€”â€ â€œCoronation.â€ â€œâ€”coming up,”
“In Him is Everything. Him you must try to find.”
“Museums should be places where you raise questions, not just show stuff.”
“I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.”
“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.”
“What is in one is in the whole, and therefore, ultimately, Each soul is responsible for the whole world.”
“But if there were two dogs left in the universe and it were up to us as to whether they were allowed to breed so that we could continue to live with dogs, and even if we could guarantee that all dogs would have homes as loving as the one that we provide, we would not hesitate for a second to bring the whole institution of 'pet' ownership to an end.”
“I would in fact tend to have more confidence in the outcome of a democratic decision if there was a minority that voted against it, than if it was unanimous... Social psychology has amply shown the strength of this bandwagon effect.”

Source : "Habermas and the Public Sphere". Book by Craig Calhoun, 1993.

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