Quotable quotes

[Rand]

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[opinterph]

“Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.”

― Eleanor Roosevelt

 

[Rand]

thank you opinterph for getting the words of President Carter in focus ~

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[Norri]

Ships are safe inside their harbors, but that’s not what sailing ships are for.

William G.T. Shedd

 

[opinterph]

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

 

[opinterph]

“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”

― Karl Popper

 

[opinterph]

“I said 'Somebody should do something about that.' Then I realized I am somebody.”

― Lily Tomlin

 

[cityboy-stl]

“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”

― Karl Popper

For years, I have said and posted this exact quote and meme multiple times in CE&P and every time I do, I get shot down, argued with and dismissed. Yet.....here we are, right now, living the Paradox of Tolerance..

Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[cityboy-stl]

Mon Mothma is significant in Star Wars history because she was a key political and military leader in the fight against the Galactic Empire.

The truth of this quote is obvious in our times today.

 

[opinterph]

here we are.

“It can't happen here is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.”

― Karl Popper

 

[Norri]

“I said 'Somebody should do something about that.' Then I realized I am somebody.”

― Lily Tomlin

I have to add my favorite Lily Tomlin quote here.

“ Have you ever noticed it’s easier to make someone else’s day than it is your own?’

 

[opinterph]

“A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.”

― James A. Baldwin

 

[opinterph]

“Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested.”

― Franz Kafka, The Trial

 

[Alistair]

 

[Rand]

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[opinterph]

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

― Maya Angelou

 

[Rand]

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[Alistair]

 

[pornoboy]

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[opinterph]

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”

― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones