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Miscellaneous Quotes - Page 2

The world is content with setting right the surface of things.

John Henry Newman (1859). “The Scope and Nature of University Education ... Second Edition”, p.296

While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous.

"Gresham's Law: Knowledge or Information?". Daniel J. Boorstin's remarks at the White House conference on library and information services in Washington, D.C., November 19, 1979.

Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.397

The limitations are limitless.

Song: Painted Eyelids, Album: One Foot In The Grave, 1994

For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1848). “Don Quixote”, p.424

I guess grace doesn't have to [be] logical. If it did, it wouldn't be grace.

Max Lucado (2011). “No Wonder They Call Him the Savior -: Discover Hope in the Unlikeliest Place?Upon the Cross”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc

The funny thing about stopping is that as soon as you do it, here you are.

Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

Never speak more clearly than you think.

Jeremy Bernstein (1982). “Science Observed: Essays Out of My Mind”, Basic Books (AZ)

We heed no instincts but our own.

Jean de La Fontaine (1843). “Fables”, p.58