"The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of mind; that it banishes brains, it sanctifies stupidity, it canonizes incompetence."

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Source : Upton Sinclair (2005). “The Profits of Religion”, p.55, Cosimo, Inc.

Upton Sinclair

#Stupidity Quotes #Brain Quotes #Mind Quotes

“You've got all these characters and yet, you're hovering over one character like a fly over a stinky diaper. Realize that you've got a kickass superpower: you can possess and take-over anybody inside the story. With the power of Point-of-View, you can drag us along for the ride. You can shove us into their eyes, their minds, you can force us to piggyback on their experiences past and present. Sometimes untangling a knotted-up tale means looking at it from different eyes: what better eyes than those of the other characters inside the story?”
“People tend to romanticize what they can't quite remember.”
“I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end.”

Source : "Reagan sons surprised by outpouring for father", www.cnn.com. June 24, 2004.
“Hope E.L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is a writer's dream.”
“In the old legends, Arachne had gotten into trouble because of pride. Sheâ€™d bragged about her tapestries being better than Athenaâ€™s, which had led to Mount Olympusâ€™s first reality TV punishment program: 'So You Think You Can Weave Better Than a Goddess?' Arachne had lost in a big way.”
“We were telling everybody we weren't getting back together when we were in the studio actually recording. We wanted to try it on, to see how it would fit.”
“Thereâ€™s a special place in hell for men who convince women their intuition is insecurity to protect their duplicity.”
“We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are.”

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