“If you are immune to boredom, there is nothing you cannot accomplish.”
David Foster Wallace, quoted in FT.com
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“People will pay more to be entertained than educated.”
Johnny Carson, quoted in United Press International
“If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.”
H.L. Mencken, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald
“Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.”
St. Vincent de Paul, quoted in the Green Bay, Wis., Press-Gazette
“There are two ways to slice easily through life—to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.”
Linguist Alfred Korzybski, quoted in the Associated Press
“Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”
Betty Friedan, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
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