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Quotations
For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice. — Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher 9 likes | |
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 9 likes | |
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 7 likes | |
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything in to an empty head. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 4 likes | |
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 3 likes | |
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 3 likes | |
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 3 likes | |
No good neurotic finds it difficult to be both opinionated and indecisive. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 2 likes | |
Liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them. | |
The man who says “I may be wrong, but...” does not believe there can be any such possibility. | |
A sadder but wiser man is a thousand times more agreeable to meet than the feller that never makes a mistake. | |
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth. | |
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the closer it contracts. | |
Never presume yours is a better morality. | |
Common sense, to most people, is nothing more than their own opinions. | |
Court, in our society, is often the last resort of stubbornness. | |
Never argue, you won't convince anyone. Opinions are like nails; the more you hit them, the more you push them in. | |
The intelligent man has in common with the fool that he who does not think like him is a fool. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist | |
Maybe I am shortsighted and a little deaf, like any self-respecting critic. | |
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I'm right. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist | |
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still. | |
I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them. | |
People who talk incessantly about “change” are often dogmatically set in their ways. They want to change other people. |
Latin Quotes
Always the same. Semper idem. — Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman 64 likes |
Ancient Greek
You will not persuade me, not even if you persuade me. Ου με πείσεις, καν με πείσης. — Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Plutus 5 likes | |
The snake would change its skin but it would not change its mindset. Όφις το δέρμα αποδύεται, την γνώμην δε ουδαμώς. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 5 likes |
Movie Quotes
I don't know what it is, but I am against it. — from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 7 likes |