"Facts have to be discovered by observation, not by reasoning"

-- Bertrand Russell

#Facts Quotes #Observation Quotes

“I think one of the greatest compliments I've ever received was when a young kid came backstage at Joe's Pub, when I had the "Bronx In Blue" album out. He said, "What Jimmy Reed did for you, you do for me."”
“Neither a pathology nor an index as such of moral default, stupidity is nonetheless linked to the most dangerous failures of human endeavor.”

Source : Avital Ronell (2002). “Stupidity”, p.3, University of Illinois Press
“Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts.”
“On the other hand, the way in which that car fit into this whole very roundabout way of attempting to solve the problem of what - the problem that [Buckminster Fuller] perceived as being the cause of his daughter's death and meningitis. I mean how you get from your daughter dying from meningitis to making a car with three wheels and saying that it's like a bird and a fish. That really is amazing.”
“Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.”
“Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.”
“Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.”
“[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust.”

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