“If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
“Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.”
— Saul Bellow, book Herzog
Source: Herzog
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“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
For the people who know the Bible and Tradition and the complete history of humanity, Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God and that is why the Northern peoples, eaten up with sadness, come and visit the Latin countries.
Source: Though often attributed to Chardin, it is found in Letters to His Fiancée (1937), by Léon Bloy, p. 57.
Donald A. Norman (1935) American academic
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Joan Robinson (1903–1983) English economist
Source: Contributions to Modern Economics (1978), Chapter 7, Marx, Marshall and Keynes, p. 75
