"He was telling the students about the hypnotic technique of using quotes in a conversation. An idea is more palatable ... if it comes from someone else. The unconscious thinks in terms of content and structure. If you introduce a pattern with the words, 'My friend was telling me,' the critical part of her mind shuts off."

-- Neil Strauss

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes

“People who demand signs never believe them when they come.”

Source : Michael Card (2012). “Mark: The Gospel of Passion”, p.106, InterVarsity Press
“We can save the world," I say, trying to smile. "You and me.”
“Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.”
“Historically, education has been about batch processing: standardize everything against the average, rank kids, sort them to see who gets more and who really doesn't deserve to be there. The problem, even if you're just being selfish from an economic standpoint, is we're not producing the talent we need.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but immoral when experienced by you?... Why is it immoral for your to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away?”
“We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing.”
“Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!”

Source : Herbert Barrows, Gordon Norton Ray, John Ciardi (1959). “An Introduction to Literature: How does a poem mean? By J. Ciardi”
“Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.”

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