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The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
by H. P. Lovecraft (Novelist, American , born in 1890) keywords: contents, correlate, human, inability, merciful, mind, most, thing , world Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons.
by Ralph Merkle (Scientist, American , born in 1952) keywords: because, been, caught, fights, food, inability, inherent, many, middle, political, produce, starving, today, used, weapons , world What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
by John Stuart Mill (Philosopher, English , born in 1970) keywords: according, act, beliefs, distinguishes, few, inability, majority, men , their Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia.
by Edward James Olmos (Actor, American , born in 1947) keywords: another, bosnia, get, important, inability, our, relate, situations , very All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.
by Blaise Pascal (Philosopher, French , born in 1623) keywords: cause, comes, evil, human, inability, man, room, single, sit , still In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
by Ezra Pound (Poet, American , born in 1885) keywords: centuries, curse, earlier, illiteracy, inability, just, monetary, our, plain, print, read , time Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: advice, bad, console, examples, fond, give, giving, good, inability, men, old, their , themselves Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: advice, bad, compensates, example, give, good, inability, love, old, set, their , them It's a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don't have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own.
by Julian Schnabel (Artist, American , born in 1951) keywords: art, blaming, devastating, emptiness, excuse, facing, finally, great, having, horror, imagination, inability, job, lack, left, luxury, own, possibility, time, work , your No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.
by Bobby Scott (Politician, American , born in 1947) keywords: based, college, denied, earning, education, get, inability, increase, opportunity, pay, potential, should, solely , their The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.
by Robert Falcon Scott (Explorer, British , born in 1868) keywords: almost, demand, dog, fatally, foresee, human, inability, interest, less, living, than , yet It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal.
by Ben Shahn (Artist, Lithuanian , born in 1898) keywords: accept, after, any, anybody, anywhere, been, before, bit, book, confess, deal, go, great, guide, inability, knew, learn, little, logic, missed, more, read, refuse, refused, same, stunts, technical , than Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.
by William Temple (born in 1970) keywords: air, arrows, back, believe, between, complaints, critical, criticizing, destroy, fall, heads, hovering, inability, indeed, into, only, our, ourselves, own, present, purpose, shot, target, time, up, upon , wish The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.
by Gene Tierney (Actor, American , born in 1920) keywords: birth, cause, daughter, difficulties, face, feelings, inability, main, stemmed, tragedy , unsound The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia.
by Hideki Tojo (Soldier, Japanese , born in 1884) keywords: america, asia, both, china, each, east, european, failure, inability, japan, other, peoples, powers, prejudice, reason, sympathize, understand , without Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.
by John Updike (Novelist, American , born in 1932) topics: Sports keywords: appeals, become, child, childlike, count, five, frequent, golf, how, idiot, inability, just, past, players, proven, their , us No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: alleged, america, burning, civilized, confessed, hanging, inability, nation, offenders, only, protect, savage, save, shooting, states, united , women I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it's interesting.
by Bradley Whitford (Actor, American , born in 1959) keywords: control, covers, even, frustration, fury, guy, his, humour, identify, inability, interesting, lot, moments, up, way , yeah
