Velmi Vysok Quotes & Sayings

There are lots of things that I'd like to be, and nice just doesn't seem good enough. — Cher

The less I talk about being black, the better. — Idris Elba

You can't see the picture when you're in the frame. — Les Brown

But if it is true that human minds are themselves to a very great degree the creations of memes, then we cannot sustain the polarity of vision we considered earlier; it cannot be "memes versus us," because earlier infestations of memes have already played a major role in determining who or what we are. The "independent" mind struggling to protect itself from alien and dangerous memes is a myth. There is a persisting tension between the biological imperative of our genes on the one hand and the cultural imperatives of our memes on the other, but we would be foolish to "side with" our genes; that would be to commit the most egregious error of pop sociobiology. Besides, as we have already noted, what makes us special is that we, alone among species, can rise above the imperatives of our genes - thanks to the lifting cranes of our memes. — Daniel C. Dennett

Millions of people of color still experience racism daily. — William J. Clinton

When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic. — Trey Gowdy