Febrian Benedict Quotes & Sayings

Let man keep his many parts and you'll have no tyrant states. — Ralph Ellison

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. — James Russell Lowell

Nobody really even knows with whom the US is at war, or where. Everyone just knows that it is vital that it continue in unlimited form indefinitely. — Glenn Greenwald

Think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. — Henry David Thoreau

We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room. — Minor White

In fact, the messages actually seemed to increase drug use. Kids aged twelve and a half to eighteen who saw the ads were actually more likely to smoke marijuana. Why? Because it made drug use more public. Think about observability and social proof. Before seeing the message, some kids might never have thought about taking drugs. Others might have considered it but have been wary about doing the wrong thing. But anti-drug ads often say two things simultaneously. They say that drugs are bad, but they also say that other people are doing them. And as we've discussed throughout this chapter, the more others seem to be doing something, the more likely people are to think that thing is right or normal and what they should be doing as well. — Jonah Berger

All I can say in my own defense is quot libros, quam breve tempus - so many books, so little time (and yes, I have the tee-shirt). — Stephen King

Beyond the fiction of reality, there is the reality of the fiction. — Slavoj Zizek

If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano. — Jerry Lee Lewis

We stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national educational systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make
and the result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities. — Ken Robinson

Have her kidnapped. Tell her you're pregnant and she's the mother. Leave a trail of bread crumbs. — Jennifer Crusie

I don't want to be your hero. I want to be your brother. You know, I want to be your family member. I want to be your equal. — Tom Shadyac

The implication strongly is that Osama bin Laden is a Hitler, even though he has no state power at all. It's just grotesque if you seriously think about it. — Tariq Ali

Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge