"Nothing hath wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal."

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Source : Isaac Barrow (1818). “The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow”, p.237

Isaac Barrow

#Prejudice Quotes #Boisterous Quotes #Zeal Quotes

“Obama is already setting a new historic course by reorienting the economy from private consumption to public investments...free-market pundits bemoan the evident intention of Obama and team to 'tell us what kind of car to drive'. Yet that is exactly what they intend to do...and rightly so. Free-market ideology is an anachronism in an era of climate change.”

Source : "Rewriting the rulebook for 21st-century capitalism" by Jeffrey Sachs, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2009.
“Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it gives endurance, overcomes pain, strengthens weakness, braves dangers, sustains hope, makes light of difficulties, and lessens the sense of weariness in overcoming them.”
“I think we all lose in the end because we don't get to stay here forever.”
“The ego is a fascinating monster.”
“Failure is just a tax on the way to success. It is inevitable but it is not the whole story.”
“As we get older, a lot of societies, education systems and workplaces make us feel that playing is a waste of time. We end up suppressing stupidly brilliant questions for what we think are more serious responsibilities.”
“Artists like to talk about what they do with people who've read their books, or seen their films.”

Source : "Learning How To Make Pork-Infused Veggies" by Jacob Weisberg, www.slate.com. May 23, 2012.
“The first video I ever made, announcing 'Crash the Super Bowl,' I did about fifty takes and I wanted to die. It was awful.”

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