Dr Wingnut

Category: Quotations

  • Chances

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    If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.Julia Soul

  • Patriotism

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    A defense of patriotism is an attack on the Enlightenment; a defense of all group phenomena related or analogous to patriotism is also an attack on the Enlightenment.George Kateb, Patriotism and Other Mistakes, page 4

  • Tyranny

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    There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny.William Hazlitt, British literary critic and philosopher

  • Opinion

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    I’m not sure I want popular opinion on my side — I’ve noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.Bethania McKenstry

  • Fate

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    We should manage our fortunes as we do our health — enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  • Reach

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    Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.Edward R. Murrow

  • Failure

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    Baseball teaches us, or has taught most of us, how to deal with failure.  We learn at a very young age that failure is the norm in baseball and … errors [are] part of the game, part of its rigorous truth.Francis T. Vincent, Jr.