Biblionasium Quotes & Sayings

There isn't a thing to eat down there in the rabbit hole of your bitterness except your own desperate heart. — Cheryl Strayed

There is no legislation
I care not what it is
tariff, railroads, corporations, or of a general political character, that all equals in importance the putting of our banking and currency system on the sound basis proposed in the National Monetary Commission plan. — William Howard Taft

What could be more important than inspiring a child to read her first book and giving her the gift of confidence? — Kathy L. Patrick

I do think you're mad and I'll still go with you. — Suzanne Collins

I am a professor at Stanford; I am a happy professor at Stanford. That's where I'm staying. — Condoleezza Rice

Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information more mindfully. Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent. — Philip G. Zimbardo