"My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Race Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Original Thought Quotes

“One of the great mistakes that can be made by a man of my age is to get involved in athletic competition with children-unless, of course, they are under six. And even then, stay away from hide-and-seek.”
“I've been to Japan but I've never been to China, I'd love to go to China. I don't know, I like to go to places that are remote. So, I think I'd like to do that more. And just sort of also explore not having a structured work life someday, to have more free time to sort of see what happens.”
“Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.”

Source : Elbert Hubbard, Fred Bann (1916). “Great scientists”
“The stories about broadcast dying or it being overtaken by cable have stopped. Same goes for the stories about the Internet hurting our business.”

Source : "CBS CEO Leslie Moonves on Ashton Kutcher Contract Talks, Keith Olbermann's Future and the One Note He Gives Wife Julie Chen (Q&A)" by Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 12, 2012.
“There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections) nothing that satisfies quiet reflection--except the sense of having worked according to one's capacity and light to make things clear and get rid of cant and shams of all sorts.”
“I try to teach my students that books are a mirror, reflecting their own lives, and a window, giving them a peek into someone else's.”
“When away from home always be like the kind of man you would care to take into your own home.”
“How a man perceives substance dictates the amount of substance in a man. To know the depth of anyone's true substance, simply measure the weight of what consumes and excites their inner drive.”

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