#though

Darwin did not know what a bitter satire he wrote on mankind ... when he showed that free competition, the struggle for existence, which the economists celebrate as the highest historical achievement, is the normal state of the animal kingdom. Only conscious organization of social production, in which production and distribution are carried on in a planned way, can lift mankind above the rest of the animal. ↗

— Friedrick Engels

#democracy #engelism #free-thinker #free-thought #freedom

Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#frame #only #reference #sanity #thought

I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example. ↗

— Steve Garvey

#always #anything #around #bad #bad example

He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest. ↗

— François Lelord

#inspirational #life #life-changing #novel #thoughtful

I've thought a lot about the world and how George Bush sees the world and it ain't even close. ↗

— Dick Gephardt

#bush #close #even #george #george bush

It is precisely by binding things together that traditional visions perpetuate themselves and the prejudgments contained within them; and it is by insisting on prising things apart that we have liberated ourselves from them. ↗

— Earnest Gellner

#ideas #knowledge #language #thought #change

I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments. ↗

— Edmond H. Fischer

#enjoy #here #i #luck #most

Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply. ↗

— Stanley Fish

#any #belongs #brought #classroom #forth

The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think worth describing in detail. ↗

— George Orwell

#though #war #wound #experience

There is the danger of over preparation, of loss of spontaneity; over rehearsal is the most terrible thing you can imagine. We do have a very close association between costume and set designer, though. And the cameraman is very important, of course. ↗

— Terence Fisher

#between #cameraman #close #costume #course