"I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best."

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Source : Lionel Abel (1987). “Important Nonsense”

Lionel Abel

#Thinking Quotes #Judgement Quotes #Judgment Quotes

“I love that feeling of just finishing a workout and knowing I'm taking care of my body. It is such a good feeling.”

Source : "Jenna's Tips For Getting Through A Tough Workout". www.seventeen.com. February 27, 2012.
“Simplicity is the key to success.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.”
“Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally.”
“I think whatever nation or whoever develops one artificial intelligence will probably make it so that artificial intelligence always stays ahead of any other developing artificial intelligence at any other point in time. It might even do things like send viruses to a second artificial intelligence, just so it can wipe it out, to protect its grounds. It's gonna be very similar to national politics.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“The inventor and the research man are confused because they both examine results of physical or chemical operations. But they are exact opposites, mirror images of one another. The research man does something and does not care [exactly] what it is that happens, he measures whatever it is. The inventor wants something to happen, but does not care how it happens or what it is that happens if it is not what he wants.”
“Nowhere in this country, from sea to sea, does nature comfort us with such assurance of plenty, such rich and tranquil beauty as in those unsung, unpainted hills of Pennsylvania.”

Source : Rebecca Harding Davis (2010). “Rebecca Harding Davis's Stories of the Civil War Era: Selected Writings from the Borderlands”, p.20, University of Georgia Press
“When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you. This is crazy. I know it doesn't make any sense, that's why I trust it.”

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