Wit & Wisdom
From Eric Hoffer, Tom Brokaw, W.H. Auden, Albert Camus, Oscar Wilde, Stanley Kubrick, Anna Quindlen
“An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.”
Eric Hoffer, quoted in the Nashville Tennessean
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot harder to make a difference.”
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Tom Brokaw, quoted in The Arizona Republic
“Knowledge may have its purposes, but guessing is always more fun than knowing.”
W.H. Auden, quoted in The Telegraph (U.K.)
“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.”
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Albert Camus, quoted in Forbes.com
“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”
Oscar Wilde, quoted in the Cleveland Plain Dealer
“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile, but that it is indifferent.”
Stanley Kubrick, quoted in TheBrowser.com
“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only one you have.”
Anna Quindlen, quoted in The Detroit News
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