Robert A. Heinlein Quote on History and Generations
“A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.”
Robert A. Heinlein
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Alan Kay Quote About the Future
“The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.”
Alan Kay
Paradigm Shifts and Science – Quote by Thomas Kuhn
“The decision to reject one paradigm is always simultaneously the decision to accept another, and the judgment leading to that decision involves the comparison of both paradigms with nature and with each other.”
Thomas Kuhn
Quote About Ignorance and Knowledge – Karl Popper
“Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind.”
Karl Popper
Outcast or Self-Betrayal: Chris Hedges on Integrity and Resistance
“It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind.”
Chris Hedges
Quote on Prejudice and Logic by Robert A. Heinlein
“You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.”
Robert A. Heinlein
Quote by Robert A. Heinlein on Self-Responsibility and Life Realities
“At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that ‘news’ is not something that happens to other people. He might learn how his ancestors lived and that he himself is no different–in the crunch his life depends on his agility, alertness, and personal resourcefulness.”
Robert A. Heinlein
“Being Effortless” – Quote by Stella McCartney
“Being effortless is the coolest thing in the world.”
Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney on Dreams, Work, and Authenticity
“It’s incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don’t pretend to be something you’re not. Ultimately, it’s unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can’t expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate.”
Stella McCartney
Reading Good Books – Quote by Allan Bloom
“The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency – the belief that the here and now is all there is.”
Allan Bloom