“I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or so. I'm professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me.” YearsBelieveKindStatesSoundForgetRightsIgnoranceCustomersDoctrineObligedStates RightsSound Doctrine Author:John Shelton Reed
“We go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it's entertainment, distraction, from the fact that everything is kind of crumbling in front of our eyes.” KindStatesFactsDreamEyeForgetFrontsEntertainmentDistractionCrumbling Author:Christian Marclay
“We fall into states of illusion - we forget all this. We get caught up in desires, frustrations, political movements, philosophies, religions, the getting of a living, the pain of a body, the pleasure of a body.” StatesPhilosophyBodyPainPoliticalDesireFallForgetPleasureMovementIgnoranceIllusionCaughtFrustrationCaught UpPolitical Movements Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can be in a state of mind for a few seconds and forget that you were ever in any other state of mind. That's what we mean by illusion.” MindMeanStatesForgetIgnoranceIllusionSecondsState Of Mind Author:Frederick Lenz
“Forget the state concerns -- we think this is bad for churches. Most churches are small and not ready to handle 500 pages of government red tape.” ThinkingStatesGovernmentChurchForgetReadyPagesRedConcernHandleTapeNot ReadyRed Tape Author:Michael Tanner
“In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny.” GivingHeartArtMadeWarStatesWould BeSpiritWealthForgetNumbersLibertyArmsEasierActivityVictimUnionsCorruptionNobleTyrannyResistanceRuinsLuxuryAncestorTranquilityEmployedArt Of WarZealInvincibleDescendantsFormidableAccelerate Author:Samuel Adams
“When you're going though a difficult time, forget about yourself for a while. Go do something for someone else. This is the fastest way to pull yourself out of a negative state.” WayStatesDifficultForgetYogaNegativeKarmaAbout YourselfDifficult TimesKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“By the laws of statistics we could probably approximate just how unlikely it is that it would happen. But people forget especially those who ought to know better, such as yourself that while the laws of statistics tell you how unlikely a particular coincidence is, they state just as firmly that coincidences do happen.” PeopleKnowsStatesHappensLawForgetParticularOughtStatisticsCoincidenceUnlikely Book:The Door Into Summer Source: The Door Into Summer
“States of profound happiness, like all other forms of intoxication, are apt to befuddle the wits; intense enjoyment of the present always makes one forget the past.” StatesPastHappinessFormForgetProfoundWitIntenseEnjoymentIntoxicationForget The Past Author:Stefan Zweig
“While our responses to the problems facing us immediately are also important, we cannot forget to carve out the future of Japan ten or one hundred years into the future. In doing so, we must not resort to superficial measures. Instead, it is imperative to engage in true reforms that ascertain the state of society we seek to achieve.” YearsImportantStatesProblemForgetAchieveTenHundredResponseReformJapanSuperficialResortsImperatives Author:Shinzo Abe
“Talabani and Al-Maliki want to keep their seats for ever. Talabani forgets that the side which brought him to power was the United States and it brought him by rigging the elections.” WantStatesSidesForgetUnitedUnited StatesElectionSeatsAls Author:Jalal Talabani
“Man tends to think that he is a creator, that he is like God. This is especially true of intellectuals, and in the last century, intellectuals tended to forget that they were like everyone else. Writing this book was a description of man going from a state of God back to a state of man, back to being a normal person.” ThinkingMenWritingPersonsBookStatesLastsForgetCenturyNormalCreatorDescription Author:Gao Xingjian
“But even now, after the greatest victory known to history we cannot for one minute forget the basic fact that our country remains the one socialist state in the world. You will speak frankly about this to the collective farmers...Only the most concrete, most immediate danger, which threatened us from Hitlerite Germany, has disappeared.” WorldCountryStatesFactsSpeakForgetKnownMinutesDangerVictoryRemainsOur CountryGermanyCollectivesFarmersConcreteSocialistThreatenedOne MinuteGreatest Victory Author:Mikhail Kalinin