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Otto von Bismarck Quote: “The main thing is to make…”

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

December 6, 2019 1815, April 1, German, Otto von Bismarck, Quotes by Leaders

George Berkeley Quote: “That thing of hell and eternal…”

That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.

December 6, 2019 1685, George Berkeley, Irish, March 12, Quotes by Philosophers

Russell Means Quote: “The one thing I’ve always maintained…”

The one thing I’ve always maintained is that I’m an American Indian. I’m not politically correct.

December 5, 2019 1939, American, November 10, Quotes by Activists, Russell Means

Carl Sandburg Quote: “I had taken a course in…”

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn’t learned a thing I didn’t know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct.

December 2, 2019 1878, American, Carl Sandburg, January 6, Quotes by Poets

Norman MacCaig Quote: “A terrible thing about getting oldish…”

A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the last ten years I have lost seven or eight of my closest.

December 1, 2019 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Karl Marx Quote: “A commodity appears at first sight…”

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

November 27, 2019 1818, German, Karl Marx, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers

John Locke Quote: “It is one thing to show…”

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

November 26, 2019 1632, August 29, English, John Locke, Quotes by Philosophers

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “The same sort of thing happened…”

The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.

November 26, 2019 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ingrid Newkirk Quote: “Perhaps one of the most important…”

Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that’s all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.

November 25, 2019 1949, British, Ingrid Newkirk, June 11, Quotes by Activists

William Blake Quote: “If a thing loves, it is…”

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

November 24, 2019 1757, English, November 28, Quotes by Poets, William Blake

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