#ted

Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#dogmatic #exhibited #important #man #material

Nothing had changed. I was the stupid one again. I was the girl who never understood who she was to people. ↗

— Carol Rifka Brunt

#unrequited-love #change

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you'd like to act. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#change #improvement #misattributed-to-leonard-cohen #motivational #success

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#actually #always #appearance #been #beings

I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's associated with some particular defining moment in human experience. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#dances #defining #defining moment #experience #grasp

What happened to goodbye? ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#missing-someone #sad-but-true #unexpected-changes #change

When you get inside go change into something loose and baggy. And for all that's holy, please wear panties and a bra. ↗

— Abbi Glines

#woods-kerrington #change

His moods changed minute to minute, and Jan could change him quicker than anyone. The more he loved her the more mixed up he got. He was such a beautiful man, but so unstable. ↗

— David Ritz

#hate #instability #jewel-price #love #marvin-gaye

A childish mind griped to unexpected changes. ↗

— Toba Beta

#gripe #unexpected-changes #change

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#completed #copiously #force #mobilization #most