Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Tell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said.
Dale Carnegie
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I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
Saint Augustine
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In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.
Mary Oliver
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I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have friends in both places.
Mark Twain
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
James Baldwin
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It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
Nelson Mandela
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When I go to bed after playing a Test match, I want to feel that I gave 100%.
Imran Tahir
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People don’t become obese overnight. Allowing our children to have treats in moderation – as in trick-or-treating – is one thing, but good nutrition involves discipline that must be learned and practiced on a daily basis.
Amy Klobuchar
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We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.
John F. Kennedy
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