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Quote by Frank Knight

“Sociology isthescience of talk, and there is onlyone law in sociology. Bad talk drives out good.”

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Frank Knight was an American economist born on November 7, 1885, and died on April 15, 1972. He is renowned for his contributions to the theory of risk and uncertainty in economics. more

“I confess to feeling continued ambivalence about political life, aware of its shortcomings and disappointments, but drawn back to it again and again because of its infinite promise. Justice can triumph, wrongs can be righted, and pain can be alleviated, if the right fix is found. The optimistic illusion that one can change the world is difficult to resist, especially when from time to time that illusion is sustained by even a hint of reality. Change does happen in the political process.”

“If you learn life's lessons, you will do well. If not, life will just continue to push you around. People do two things. Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wife. They do not know it's life that's pushing.”

People Ifs Knows Life Wells Two Jobs Wife Lessons Husband Angry Two Things Pushing Boss

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“In general, therefore, color is a means of exerting a direct influence upon the soul. Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many strings. The artist is the hand that purposefully sets the soul vibrating by means of this or that key.”

Mean Soul Hands Eye Artist Influence Color Keys Direct Piano Strings Hammers Keyboards

Book:Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art

Source: Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art

“There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity. Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.”

Art Views Identity Conflict Argument Arguing Followers Supporter No Point Partisans

Author:Michael Lewis

“Normal is enormously susceptible to swinging with the gusts of politics and history. Disguised as scientific and fixed, it is subjective and protean. That is why I used the word normative above, a term derived from statistics, simply meaning what most people do.”

People Used Term Normal Fixed Statistics Subjective Susceptible

Author:Adam Levine

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