Words are like people, I think. Put too many of them too close together and they cause trouble.
Carolee DeanTag: words people thought-provoking dylan-dawson
And listening to all the things they would do if they had these things, Wang Lung heard only of how much they would eat and sleep, and of what dainties they would eat that they had never tasted,and how they would gamble in this great tea shop and in that, and what pretty women they would buy for their lust, and above all, how none would ever work again, even as they rich man behind the wall never worked.
Pearl S. BuckTag: thought-provoking
But ask us to prove even to ourselves we are right in our belief, and we are in a quandary.
J.W. SireTag: thought-provoking
Normal people can become very annoying if put in annoying situations.
Jessica ParkTag: humor thought-provoking true-to-life
How do you explain to your friend's mother why a night out with friends has left her daughter dying from an ecstasy overdose?
A.C. FlanaganTag: thought-provoking
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Of course, I am interested, but I would not dare to talk about them. In talking about the impact of ideas in one field on ideas in another field, one is always apt to make a fool of oneself. In these days of specialization there are too few people who have such a deep understanding of two departments of our knowledge that they do not make fools of themselves in one or the other.
Richard P. FeynmanTag: inspirational learning self-awareness thought-provoking specialization
I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
Richard P. FeynmanTag: thought-provoking inspirational-life values-in-life richard-feynmann self-value
If love is blind, then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it.
Criss JamiTag: love true-love beauty seeing thought-provoking inner-beauty blindness relationship contemplation unconditional-love blind shallowness
The generation that followed did not have the same concerns; none of its members attempted to follow the example of the past generation. There was no longer anyone with the noble determination to get to know the great men of the world, or if there were some individuals consumed with this curiosity, they were few in number. From then on, there remained only vulgar minds given over to hatred, envy and discord, who took an interest only in things which did not concern them, gossip, slander, calumny of one's neighbors, all those things which are the source of the worst of our troubles.
Cheikh Anta DiopTag: thought-provoking
Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys.
Emma BullTag: thought-provoking
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