#rant

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#doubting #made #morons #most #natural

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#i #i do #ignorant #know #many

The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#free #free state #granted #men #missouri

Let tyrants shake their iron rod. ↗

— William Billings

#rod #shake #their #tyrants

Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will. ↗

— Brad Bird

#assume #because #brain #direction #every

Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#author #focusing #i #i always #ignorant

Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#assume #been #bring #cheaply #either

I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#believes #either #i #ignorant #insane

I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. ↗

— Conrad Black

#bully #contrary #could #cowardly #describing

Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it. Just think of the possible consequences if you don't get it done. ↗

— Len Dawson

#consequences #done #enjoyable #exams #get