"Tell them the universe is too complicated a toy for a sensibly cautious being to play with."

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“We learn only to ask more questions.”

“3) Stories to end all stories on a given topic, don't.”

“The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.”

“I had to grin. Morris was shocked and horrified. I'd shown him a brand new sin.”

“Sex was a game nobody lost.”

“Anyone who says human nature can't be changed is out of his head. To make it stick, he's got to define human nature—and he can't.”

Resonant Thoughts

"I, George Carlin, being of sound mind, do not wish, upon my demise, to be buried or cremated. I wish to be BLOWN UP."

— George Carlin

Entertainment1937–2008

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"The Negro cannot stand the present reactionary tendencies and unreasoning drawing of the color line indefinitely without discouragement and retrogression. And the condition of the Negro is ever the ca…"

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Social Activism1868–1963

#philosophy

"As long as I am running this Government I will run the Government as I see fit...as I believe in, based on my philosophy."

— Brian Cowen

Politics1960

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"In pure being consciousness arises; in consciousness the world appears and disappears. All there is is me, all there is is mine. Before all beginnings, after all endings – I am. All has its being in m…"

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

Education1897–1981

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