Inside the Book: Quotes
Quotes to open our minds:
“You can’t control the Actions of an Idiot…
But you can control how you React to them.“
“If you’ve got them by the balls,
their hearts and minds will follow”
— Teddy Roosevelt
“No amount of evidence will
ever persuade an idiot.”
— Mark Twain.
“Who’s the bigger idiot, the idiot, or the idiot
who gets fooled by the idiot?”
— Woody Allen
“He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.”
— Groucho Marx
An idiot will persist until he satisfies his ignorance.
Apparently, that can take a lifetime!
“Never underestimate the Power
of stupid people in large groups.”
– George Carlin
“It’s better to dance like a fool than
to stand around like an idiot.”
— Oliver Gaspirtz
“The more I learn about people,
the more I like my Dog.”
––Mark Twain
“Going to church doesn’t make you a good
person any more than standing in
a garage makes you a car.”
-John Wayne (Adapted from Billy Sunday)
Avoid talking about politics and religion and you can get along with almost anyone!
“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things.
The first group is less crowded.”
– Mark Twain
If it sounds crazy and feels crazy and looks crazy, the odds are… it is crazy!
“Politicians and diapers must be changed
often, and for the same reason.”
– Mark Twain
“Suppose you were an idiot and
suppose you were a member of Congress;
but I repeat myself.”
– Mark Twain
“I refuse to join any club that would
have me as a member”
– Groucho Marx
“The guy who invented the first wheel,
he was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.”
-Sid Caesar
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
— Charles Bukowski
If I’m gonna work for free… I’m gonna work for me!
–Edwards
“One should tell a lie so colossal that no one would believe that someone could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.”
–Hitler, A. 1925.
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”
-Thomas Paine
“Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die.”
— Anonymous
“Stay away from negative people, they have
a problem for every solution.”
Albert Einstein
“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.”
— Mark Twain
“Don’t curse the rain for blowing in your window…
Just close the window.”
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on
I can’t believe you.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true.
The other is to refuse to accept what is true.”
Kierkegaard
“There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore
like an idiot.”
– Steven Wright
“As you wander through this life,
whatever be your goal,
Keep your mind upon the donut
and not upon the hole.”
—Dr. Murray Banks
“The best place to hide a lie…
is in a room full of lies.”
“Everyone wants a reason
why it’s not their fault!”
“We do not describe the world we see.
We see the world we can describe.”
– Rene Descartes
“A person who won’t read has no advantage
over one who can’t read.”
Mark Twain
“Predictions are really hard to make,
especially about the future.”
Yogi Berra.
“Predictions are really hard to make,
especially about the future.”
Yogi Berra.
“Never Wrestle with a pig… you both get muddy, and the Pig likes it!”
George Bernard Shaw
“You must be the change you wish to see in the World”
Mahatma Ghandi
“The Lion doesn’t turn around when the Small dog barks.”
-African proverb
“Trust in Allah, but at night, tie up your camel”
— Al-Tirmidhi