“The answers to the human problems of ecology are to be found in economy. And the answers to the problems of economy are to be found in culture and character. To fail to see this is to go on dividing the world falsely between guilty producers and innocent consumers.” WorldHumansCharacterProblemCultureFoundAnswersEconomyFailingGoes OnInnocentProducersGuiltyConsumersConsumerismEcologyOverconsumptionDividingHuman Problems Book:What Are People For?: Essays Source: What Are People For?: Essays
“A seeming ignorance is very often a most necessary part of worldly knowledge. It is, for instance, commonly advisable to seem ignorant of what people offer to tell you; and when they say, Have not you heard of such a thing? to answer No, and to let them go on, though you know it already.” PeopleKnowsSeemsAnswersKnowledgeHeardIgnoranceGoes OnOffersIgnorantInstanceWorldlySeemingAdvisable Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline and who manage to grow up before they blow up are invited to join the Yale faculty. Within the university they go on asking their questions and trying to find the answers ... it is a place where the world's hostility to curiosity can be defied.” MenWorldTryingChildrenAgeGrowsAnswersGrowing UpGoes OnDisciplineAskingCuriosityUniversityBlowManageFacultyInvitedHostilityMonarchyParentalYale Author:Edmund Morgan
“I always say that you can't be afraid to ask the question. What's the worst that could happen? The answer could be "no" and you go on.” HappensAsksAnswersWorstGoes On Author:Susan Stroman
“My social life goes in bursts, where I get like, "Oh, I gotta get out and do something, man, I gotta do something." And I'll plan a trip and go on a motorcycle trip down the Baja Peninsula for 900 miles and I'll hang out with my friends for like a month, and then they'll never see me for two months or three months or whatever, and I won't answer any calls.” MenTwoThreeSocialAnswersPlansMonthsGoes OnMy FriendsMilesHanging OutMotorcycleSocial LifeThree MonthsTwo MonthsPeninsulas Author:Jim Carrey
“I say with my own authority that if you go on questioning without accepting anybody's answer, including mine, by and by you will find that the answer is not found but the question disappears.” IfsFoundMy OwnAnswersAcceptingMinesGoes OnAuthorityIncludingDisappearQuestioning Author:Rajneesh