“Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.” FactsHateBeliefStoresPeculiar Author:Stephen Tobolowsky
“SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Its habit of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior beetle, but the American priest is an inferior priest.” GivingMayFactsHabitEqualBallsSacredAncientFavorsFamiliarImmortalityEggsPriestsPeculiarReverenceInferiorsBugsSanctityPriesthoodBeetlesAncient Egyptian Book:The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition
“We tend to think of the problems of globalization and cultural identity as peculiar to our times. In fact they are rooted in ancient problems of civic belonging.” ThinkingFactsProblemIdentityAncientOur TimeBelongingPeculiarRootedGlobalizationCivicsCultural Identity Book:The World We Want: Restoring Citizenship in a Fractured Age Source: The World We Want: Restoring Citizenship in a Fractured Age
“We who go a-fishing are a peculiar people. Like other men and women in many respects, we are like one another, and like no others, in other respects. We understand each other's thoughts by an intuition of which we know nothing. We cast our flies on many waters, where memories and fancies and facts rise, and we take them and show them to each other, and small or large, we are content with our catch.” PeopleKnowsMenFactsShowsWaterMemoriesSeaMen And WomenRiversCastsFishesIntuitionBoatFancyLakesFishingPeculiar Author:William Cowper Prime