"But isn't the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn't? It seems fairly obvious to some of us that a lot of scholars need to go outside and sniff around - walk through the grass, talk to the animals. That sort of thing."

-- Benjamin Hoff

#Animal Quotes #Needs Quotes #Grass Quotes

“That this gentleman [President John Adams] ought not to be the object of the federal wish, is, with me, reduced to demonstration. His administration has already very materially disgraced and sunk the government. There are defects in his character which must inevitably continue to do this more and more. And if he is supported by the federal party, his party must in the issue fall with him.”
“The only argument you can make against having [Confederate] flag as spectacularly shown as it is around the south is the Nazis. I mean, it would be like having the swastika flag...”
“It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.”
“The very opposite of freedom is cliche, and nothing is less free, more inert with convention and hollow brutality, than a row of four-letter words.”
“Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.”
“I don't even feel as if I'm the center of my own world, so how am I supposed to feel as though I'm the center of anyone else's?”

Source : Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.299, Penguin
“Goodness is also about interacting with people, brands, companies and organizations who are invested in sustainable and ethical practices. What's the point of using products that are ruining our Earth? It doesn't make sense.”
“Sceptics are generally ready to believe anything, provided it is sufficiently improbable.”

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