In school, rarely do we learn how data become facts, how facts become knowledge, and how knowledge becomes wisdom.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Category: Quotations
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James Cameron
There are many talented people who haven’t fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith.
Martin Niemöller
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Sherlock
Buddha
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. — Buddha
Benjamin Franklin
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
George Carlin
- Flag
- Bible
- Children
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh
Socrates
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
“If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.”
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”
Pardoning president Nixon
“Roosevelt had his New Deal. Truman his Fair Deal. now Ford has his crooked deal.” … one telegram from Virginia.
Regarding President Ford pardoning former President Nixon.
Three rules of Trump
- When you’re right you fight.
- Controversy elevates the message.
- Never apologize.
Herb Kelleher
