Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 17, 2015
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
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E. F. Schumacher  
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
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Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)  
Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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Fran Lebowitz (1950 - ), Social Studies (1981)  
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Self Reliance"  
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