“I used to go to church. I even went through a rather intense religious period when I was sixteen. But the idea of an everlasting life -- a never-ending banquet, as a stupid visiting minister to our church once appallingly described it -- filled me with a greater terror than the concept of extinction.” IdeasUsedChurchReligiousGreaterStupidPeriodsConceptsFilledTerrorIntenseMinistersEverlastingExtinctionVisitingSixteenNever EndingBanquetsEverlasting Life Book:East Side Story: A Novel Source: East Side Story: A Novel
“When you have success on the field, you're more popular and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say. You're still going to make mistakes from time to time, but you represent an even greater population and people are that much more looking for you to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or fall down or say something really stupid that's going to get you in trouble.” PeopleLittlesStillsEyeFallBitsRealizingMistakeGreaterTroubleStupidFieldsFameLittle BitSmartPopulationCarefulMaking MistakesFalling DownPublic EyeWrong TimeReally Stupid Author:Aaron Rodgers
“It is not for the world to judge, but to crown them all alike. Each and all lived out their own being, did their work in their own way, and carried a reluctant, stupid humanity to greater possibilities and grander heights.” WorldWayHumanityGreaterStupidPossibilityJudgingHeightCrownsReluctant Book:Why I Am an Agnostic and Other Essays Source: Why I Am an Agnostic and Other Essays
“The stupidity of a stupid man is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent man has a much wider diffusion, and a far greater effect, aided as it is by the element of surprise.” MenGreaterEffectsStupidFieldsElementsIntelligentSurpriseStupidityIntelligent ManDiffusionStupid MenElement Of Surprise Author:Peter Ustinov
“If you do not read and listen to the opposite ideas, you can always remain a stupid person! Opposite ideas, however contrary they may sound, are your greater chances on the way to truth!” IfsWayMayPersonsIdeasSoundChanceGreaterStupidOppositesContraryStupid Person Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Some people think that the people they lead are too stupid to be told the truth, and thus they must be lied to, in order for a greater good to be accomplished. Some people believe in the system that has been set up, where the strongest among us is going to lead us in a fight, otherwise everyone is the same. That's the doctrine of pirates.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHas BeensOrderFightingGreaterStupidDoctrineAccomplishedStrongestLiedPirateGreater Good Author:Zach McGowan
“Philosopher Bertrand Russell suggested that 'Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.' And, it was Albert Einstein who explained, 'Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' So which is it - stupidity, ignorance or insanity - that explains the behavior of my fellow Americans who call for greater government involvement in our lives?” MenMadeDifferentGovernmentBornResultsGreaterOur LivesStupidIgnoranceBehaviorFellowsPhilosopherStupidityIgnorantInsanityExpectingInvolvementNot StupidGovernment Involvement Book:American Contempt for Liberty Source: American Contempt for Liberty