Frank Bascombe Quotes & Sayings

Matter is fun for a while; but ultimately, it is the spiritual experience where we leap beyond what we know- that is the happiness. — Frederick Lenz

Reality" is defined not as something that exists "out there" for the scientist or anyone else to discover but as a social construction that emerges from and is sustained by social interaction. — Peter Conrad

Backpacking is the art of knowing what not to take. — Sheridan Anderson

The stars have a strong effect on our daily shopping lives. Hollywood is astrology's only credible conspiracy. — Bauvard

The young child approaching a new subject or anew problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field. — Jerome Bruner

It's usually easier to rouse stupidity to action than to arouse wisdom to effort, for wisdom sees alternatives while stupidity lacks the imagination to do this. All sinister interests in a country can depend ultimately upon the strength of stupidity. — Chapman Cohen

To speak the truth is easy and pleasant. — Mikhail Bulgakov

If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of the legal order. — Thomas Szasz

If you jump, you best jump far. — Tori Amos