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Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#human power #knowledge #power #synonymous

Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column. ↗

— Dave Barry

#column #crazy #declining #fact #good

I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#acquiring #anything #been #evils #greed

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#believe #condition #course #darkness #deal

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#brother #i #live #made #melodic

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. ↗

— Roger Bacon

#conclusive #does #doubt #experiment #finds

For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught. ↗

— Roger Bacon

#argument #avoid #burns #experiment #fire

A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by the order of creation. Universal: that which can interest, rightly, every human individual, according to his pure humanity. ↗

— Alain Badiou

#both #creation #development #every #his

I'm a complete human being. I'm very emotional and loving. I feel, I hurt, I give, I take, and also I think. I analyze. I'm a sociologist, anthropologist. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#analyze #anthropologist #being #complete #emotional

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#animal #both #dog #even #fifth