#blind

At that moment of realization I knew that I had been blind because I had wished not to see; it was only then that I realised, at last, that all these dead men, French and Germans, were brothers, and I was the brother of them all. ↗

— Ernst Toller

#been #blind #brother #brothers #dead

Those who tell you that the territorial question is an abstraction, that you can never colonize another territory without the African slavetrade, are both deaf and blind to the history of the last sixty years. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#african #another #blind #both #deaf

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ↗

— Mark Twain

#deaf #hear #kindness #language #see

To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client. ↗

— John Updike

#advocate #blind #client #president #sir

I say it instead. "You told so," I admit. "You told me my image of Brody wasn't real, and you were right. I was just too blind to see it." He laughs a little. "You were to blind to see a lot of things Princess." It's reassuring when he calls me Princess-as opposed to princess or, worse, Lily. One seems too mocking, the other too intimate. His ironic nickname feels safe. ↗

— Tera Lynn Childs

#love #princess #forgiveness

Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#am #because #blessed #blind #feel

You need ego but mine is not blinding. ↗

— Christian Lacroix

#ego #mine #need #you

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind. ↗

— Imre Lakatos

#empty #history #philosophy #science #without

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime. ↗

— Imre Lakatos

#commitment #crime #intellectual #theory #virtue

Think about the way most companies currently hire. You post a job and then get blind resumes in response. This should be a social experience. ↗

— Eric Lefkofsky

#blind #companies #currently #experience #get