Quotes
Authors
Midge Decter

"Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action. Their acquisition obligates each man in some way to change his life, even if it is only his inner life. They demand to be stood for. They dictate where a man must concentrate his vision. They determine his moral and intellectual priorities. They provide him with allies and make him enemies. In short, ideas impose an interest in their ultimate fate which goes far beyond the realm of the merely reasonable."

-- Midge Decter

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“Men fear being used; women fear being used up.”

Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.170, iUniverse
“You got your glory and you paid for it all, you take your pension in loneliness and alcohol.”
“It's common to think things will never happen where you are-never in Cambridge, never in New York, never in Seattle-that sort of thing, whatever it is, never happens here, not in our community. Then it happens, right in front of you, and you realize you were blind to it, that you forgot that intolerance and zealotry and viciousness are human currency everywhere, and it takes your breath away.”
“Anything that's slightly dangerous and gets the heart rate going is my kind of workout.”
“Happy persons seldom think of happiness. They are too busy losing their lives in the meaningful sacrifices of service.”

Source : David W. Augsburger (1982). “From Here to Maturity”, Tyndale House Pub
“I would play in any number shirt for Newcastle United, but the No 9 at Newcastle is something very special and I've always wanted to wear it. I mentioned it to the manager, he mentioned it to Les and Les has been very kind and given it to me.”
“But public works, economic protectionism, cheap money, 'deficit-financed government spending,' and 'the animal spirits of the spendthrift' in the service of boosting 'consumption demand'... Doesn't Keynesianism simply appeal to the worst in human nature?”
“I am a great believer in what we've been told time and time again by people like Joseph Campbell, "find your bliss." Find out what it is that touches you most deeply. Pursue it, learn about it, explore it, expand on it. Live with it and nurture it. Find your own way and make your own contribution. Find a way to make a contribution to this society because God knows we need contributions from the coming generation. This planet and this civilization is in need. I see it as a time of need.”

Source : Interview with Karleigh Moore, tech.mit.edu. April 1, 2014.

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