Hobgoblin Of Little Minds Quotes & Sayings

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt. — Alexis Korner

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,' she quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson. — Patricia Cornwell

What if you die from loving me?"
"What if I die from not loving you? — C.D. Reiss

There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their disposal and put it together to make a whole. That's what an editor does - looks at society at a given time and pulls together the interesting aspects into a single issue each month. — Graydon Carter

Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but law, morality and leadership demand it. Without consistency, there is privilege. — Paul Craig Roberts

The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent- they believe in individual liberty. Commendable as they are, and despite their reliability as allies in civil liberties struggles, you may notice that Libertarians sometimes prove that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, and that there is a difference between logic and wisdom. — Molly Ivins

I see you, even when you hide from the rest of the world. I hear you, even when you're silent. — Deborah Harkness

The joy of hate reflects people who get off pretending to hate something, or hate you, in order to score political points. I call them the 'tolerati' - you know, a group of people who claim to be tolerant, except when they run into someone who disagrees with them. — Greg Gutfeld

ADDENDUM: SOMETIMES THE FUTURE IS BULLSHIT — Warren Ellis

Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing. — Gabe Newell

A lot of the physical flirtation with fear I did early on in my career, when I was a much younger person - stuff I wouldn't do now. But I was very interested in the mechanics of risk and fear in those days. And I found out fear pretty much always feels the same, whether it's doing a rock climb or speaking in front of an audience. — Tim Cahill