Quotes

Konrad Lorenz photo

“The human soul is very much older than the human mind.”

Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989) Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973.
James Thurber photo

“It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.”

James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright

"The Scotty Who Knew Too Much", The New Yorker (18 February 1939)
From Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time

Theodore Roosevelt photo

“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States

As quoted in Stepping Stones : The Complete Bible Narratives (1941)
Disputed

Bart D. Ehrman photo

“There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.”

Bart D. Ehrman (1955) American academic

Source: God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer

William Shakespeare photo

“I am a man,
More sinn'd against than sinning.”

Lear, Act III, scene ii.
Source: King Lear (1605–6)

“It's a lot easier to be crazy or mad than to just get on with living.”

Jaclyn Moriarty (1968) Australian writer

Source: The Year of Secret Assignments

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“Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.”

Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer

Source: CAT'S EYE.

Christopher Paolini photo

“What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?”

Curtis Sittenfeld (1975) Novelist, short story writer

Source: American Wife

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Oscar Wilde photo

“The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.”

Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Sarah Dessen photo

“Harder to get in than out, like so little else.”

Source: Just Listen

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Charles Bukowski photo

“Bad taste makes more millionaires than good taste.”

Source: Hollywood