Quotes and Conundrums


"There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

William Ralph Inge


"What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it."

Georg Hegel


"The average university is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been hunted out of every other corner of the world."

Adam Smith


"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals could believe them."

George Orwell


"Love is a snowmobile, racing across the tundra - and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."

Matt Groening


"We find comfort among those who agree with us; growth among those who don't."

Frank A. Clark



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