"Too much openness and you accept every notion, idea, and hypothesis-which is tantamount to knowing nothing. Too much skepticism-especially rejection of new ideas before they are adequately tested-and you're not only unpleasantly grumpy, but also closed to the advance of science. A judicious mix is what we need."

-- Carl Sagan

#Acceptance Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent.”
“I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.”
“...free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply.”
“Every day there are many opportunities to be nice---or not so nice.”
“I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all.”

Source : Jerzy Kosinski, Tom Teicholz (1993). “Conversations with Jerzy Kosinski”, p.29, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“... we shall never become an immense power in the world until we concentrate all our money and editorial forces upon one great national daily newspaper, so we can sauce back our opponents every day in the year; once a month or once a week is not enough.”
“He who does not know how to deceive does not know how to rule.”
“Nothing is so effective in keeping one young and full of lust as a discriminating palate thoroughly satisfied at least once a day”

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