"The sure foundations of the state are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance; and every sneer at education, at culture, at book learning, which is the recorded wisdom of the experience of mankind, is the demagogue's sneer at intelligent liberty, inviting national degeneracy and ruin."

-- George William Curtis

#Book Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more.”
“The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.”

Source : Jon Gordon (2015). “The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy”, p.80, John Wiley & Sons
“The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and another learning disability I can't even spell. I don't even have a high school diploma. I'm smart, but you can't prove it on paper.”
“I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting. The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Anyone who says, â€œHereâ€™s my address, write me a poem,â€ deserves something in reply. So Iâ€™ll tell you a secret instead: poems hide. In the bottoms of our shoes, they are sleeping. They are the shadows drifting across our ceilings the moment before we wake up. What we have to do is live in a way that lets us find them.”
“There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.”
“Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims of patent medicines!”
“I think pimp, therefore i am.”

Source : FaceBook post by Katt Williams from Sep 19, 2016

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