"Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid."

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Source : Stanwood Cobb (1967). “The importance of creativity”

Carl Sagan

#Smart Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Equal Quotes

“I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.”
“If beauty is only skin deep, look really, really hard.”
“Can a president whoâ€™s presided over, and possibly encouraged, Chinese-style surveillance of The Land of the Free honestly expect to serve out his full term?”
“Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.”
“You cannot make a socialist revolution without really trying.”

Source : Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl
“Suppose a student of mine writes in her exam that "morality is completely relative to culture, so nothing is absolutely right or wrong. Because of that, it is absolutely wrong to be culturally intolerant". This student, if she believes what she writes, believes a contradiction. She ought not to believe the contradiction - it's a basic epistemic norm. This is true even if she can't avoid believing it - no amount of studying will show her the light.”
“It proves what they say, give the public what they want to see and they'll come out for it.”
“There is no substitute for your impassioned prayers on behalf of your children”

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