"The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false."

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Source : Paul Johnson (1980). “The Things that are Not Caesar's”

Paul Johnson

#Powerful Quotes #Earth Day Quotes #Arrogance Quotes

“I hope always to earn my living by my art without having ever deviated by even a hair's breadth from my principles... to please anyone or to sell more easily.”
“"I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face".”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Each person is a unique individual. Hence, psychotherapy should be formulated to meet the uniqueness of the individual's needs, rather than tailoring the person to fit the Procrustean bed of a hypothetical theory of human behavior.”

Source : Milton H. Erickson, Jeffrey K. Zeig, Brent B. Geary (2000). “The Letters of Milton H. Erickson”, p.17, Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers
“Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.”
“They try to say what you are, spiritual or sexual? They wonder about Solomon and all his wives. In the body of the world, they say, there is a soul and you are that. But we have ways within each other that will never be said by anyone.”
“I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud.”
“I have great respect for human life. My decision to take human life at the Murrah Building â€“ I did not do it for personal gain. I ease my mind in that...I did it for the larger good.”
“The one who insists on never uttering an error must remain silent.”

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