"If all human beings understood history, they might cease making the same stupid mistakes over and over."

-- Isaac Asimov

#Mistake Quotes #Stupid Quotes #History Quotes

“There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.”
“We never know whatâ€™s in us till we stand by ourselvesâ€ (George Meredith, ORF)”
“Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and storage, and not to the defence of deniers and cranks.”
“I feel like human beings can't help but destroy, but if our numbers are small we don't destroy as much as we do when our numbers are this huge and out of control. I wonder, what's the carrying capacity for human beings? When do we get to the point when we can't take it anymore, when it becomes too unpleasant to us just to be here because there's too many of us and there's no solitude anymore.”
“When you compete with a person, you only have to be as good or better than the person to win. If you compete with yourself, there is no limitation to how good you can be.”
“Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.”
“Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue”
“Farewell, farewell," said the swallow, with a heavy heart, as he left the warm countries, to fly back into Denmark. There he had a nest over the window of a house in which dwelt the writer of fairy tales. The swallow sang "Tweet, tweet," and from his song came the whole story.”

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