"It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential. If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance. Let women stand where they may in the scale of improvement, their position decides that of the race."

-- Frances Wright

#Ignorance Quotes #Race Quotes #Evil Quotes

“When the rational mind is shut off, we have the possibility of intuition.”

Source : Viola Spolin (1999). “Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques”, p.14, Northwestern University Press
“Base eight is just like base ten really, if you're missing two fingers.”
“At first, she loved nought else but flowers, And then-she only loved the rose; And then-herself alone; and then- She knew not what, but now-she knows.”

Source : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
“He testified that when you looked at it through the eyes of 'let's do it,' the costs were very small. They were less than they'd had to spend to host a convention of transportation executives. The cost was not that great.”
“A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.”
“Revelation is where all crazy people end up. It's the last stop on the nutso express.”
“Caltech honored me -- they named an asteroid after me. There's only two of them up there with names. One of them is Walter Cronkite. The other is Tommy Lasorda.”
“You don't want the truth. Truth is boring.”

Source : Song: Tripping, Album: Intensive Care, 2005

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