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“The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.”

Ideas Politics Enemy Events Investing March Conventional Conventional Wisdom

Book:The affluent society

Source: The affluent society

“All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangla Desh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people, a people who were forced to the conclusion that neither their life, nor their liberty, to say nothing of the possibility of the pursuit of happiness, was available to them.”

People Persons Liberty Millions Events Possibility Available Pursuit Conclusion March Pursuit Of Happiness Revolt Grim

Book:The Spirit of India: volumes presented to Shrimati Indira Gandhi by the Indira Gandhi Abhinandan Samiti

Source: The Spirit of India: volumes presented to Shrimati Indira Gandhi by the Indira Gandhi Abhinandan Samiti

“... and people are to march around the church to commemorate the event, Palm Sunday, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem and was greeted with applause and with palms. People thought he had come to overthrow the Romans, but ... no ... he had come to change THEM ... and that led to things turning bad.”

People Jesus Church Events Sunday March Palms Applause Jerusalem Palm Sunday

Author:Garrison Keillor

“Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.”

Destiny Events Policy Demand March Irresistible

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“It's a big deal about whether or not gays can march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade and I have to say that on some level I kind of see their point. Because when you think about it, it is a real macho heterosexual event. Bunch of guys in short skirts on a cart made of rose pedals sharing a bag pipe. That's not for sissies.”

Thinking Kind Made Real Bigs Guy Levels Deals Events Gay Rose Bunch Bags March Big Deal Pipe Skirts Parades Carts Macho Pedals Sissy Short Skirts St Patrick St Patrick's Day

Author:Laura Kightlinger

“Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.”

Happiness Fun Events Optimism Investing March Pessimism Optimist Pessimist

Book:Time Enough for Love

Source: Time Enough for Love

“A friend of mine who works for naval intelligence said an aerial satellite revealed that 1.9 million attended the event in 1995. But if they would have had a rumble at the march the newspapers would have said that 75 million Afro-Americans were there.”

Ifs Said Millions Events Mines Intelligence Newspapers March Satellites Naval Afros Rumble

Author:Dick Gregory

“We would like to participate in manifestations, in Occupies and things like that. We would like to be involved in a march. But we don't actually see the very hard work that goes to build confidence towards those events. And we don't have a shared discussion.”

Hard Events Hard Work Involved Discussion Manifestation March Building Confidence

Author:Vijay Prashad